Has C++ Become a Second Class Language?
on 03.03.05, 07:43pm in software • comments (1)
[MS Weblogs] The Visual Studio Class Designer team is sad to announce that the Class Designer will not support the C++ language in the upcoming release of Visual Studio 2005.
Boy, times are changing. First, I buy a Mac. Next, I begin to wonder if the PDA is a dead form factor. Now, C++ starts to feel like a second class citizen. What next?
While I certainly understand the enormous complexities that C++ presents (especially seeing it from the inside at MS), and I am sure (and can understand) that the Class Designer team has it’s reasons, it’s still a bit of a bummer that such a cool feature won’t be available for C++.
David Brownell (March 4, 2005 @ 8:12 am)
Unfortunately, C++ is notoriously difficult to parse. This makes developing good tools for the language a major undertaking. When you compare this with the ease of reflection, dropping the feature (even though cool) becomes an easy(ier) decision. Too bad though, this looks like an interesting feature.