I made mention of my venturing back into the world of C++, and was asked why I was interested in doing so given all the Java work I do. The best answer I can give is based on a comment which I think was made by Bjarne Stroustrup himself when asked about the advantages of C++ or why people should learn it. He said (paraphrasing) that C++ is the best language to represent the machine and maps closest to the hardware. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The current trends are to write code or scripts that are whisked away into the cloud to be interpreted or executed remotely on a garbage collected virtual machine, often through virtual containers on some kind of virtual computing instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For me, computing has always been personal, writing code that runs on a box that sits on, or below your desk. Writing something in C++ takes me back to those times, and reminds me of the metal that all our code runs on eventually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s like taking a stroll through woodlands and getting back to basics, while taking a break from the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don’t get me wrong, all those high level abstractions have their place and purpose, especially when considering some of the gotchas of C++, but sometimes its nice to pack a bag, and go camp in the woods. It may be difficult, but it’s a pleasant challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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