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		DeathArrow on Nov 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The pool of talented C++ developers is running dry Yes, OOP kind of sucks. But you can use C++ without OOP if you so wish. C# is much better but still it isn't a systems programming language due to garbage collection. So while you can solve some classes of problems easier and better, it can't replace all of C++ use cases.

pjmlp on Nov 3, 2022 [–]

That depends on the point of view.

Writing compilers, linkers, running bare metal on embedded hardware are all systems programming tasks.

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