There is a fabulous book called "The Unix Haters Handbook", which is now available as a PDF from the author. Chapter 10 was called C++: The COBOL of the 90s.
I don't think modern C++ has improved its situation since then.
I consider my own project, which is an enormous mostly C++ project. What other modern and mainstream (say in the top 50 on the TIOBE charts) language could it be written in today, if it were to be written from scratch?
The alternative options are not very promising. Alas.
I did say "mostly C++", because there are about 50 languages used to make the application. Some of that being code that compiles as part of the shipping application. Some of that being code used to create the shipping application. But it's predominantly C++.
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There is a fabulous book called "The Unix Haters Handbook", which is now available as a PDF from the author. Chapter 10 was called C++: The COBOL of the 90s.
I don't think modern C++ has improved its situation since then.
I consider my own project, which is an enormous mostly C++ project. What other modern and mainstream (say in the top 50 on the TIOBE charts) language could it be written in today, if it were to be written from scratch?
The alternative options are not very promising. Alas.
I did say "mostly C++", because there are about 50 languages used to make the application. Some of that being code that compiles as part of the shipping application. Some of that being code used to create the shipping application. But it's predominantly C++.