C++Builder is often treated as something of an exotic species within the wider C++ world. Sometimes that is said with a smile, sometimes quite seriously. Behind it lies a more fundamental question: how much does a development environment still belong to the C++ ecosystem when many of the libraries, tools, and workflows that have become commonplace elsewhere are not readily available?
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We are once again in a phase where language comparisons dominate technical discourse. They resurface cyclically, usually accompanied by confident claims, simplified scorecards, and repeated references to “standards” that, upon closer inspection, are not standards at all…
Safety is one of the most frequently used and at the same time least precisely defined terms in today’s programming language debate. Hardly any concept is more often instrumentalized and less often examined in its full scope. In public discourse, safety is commonly reduced…
The ongoing discussion about the future of C++ is characterized by two closely connected themes: complexity and safety. Both concepts are frequently oversimplified in public discourse, often reduced solely to memory management. Yet safety encompasses far more: functional…
Ignorance, Surface, and Deep Architecture
Why Modern C++ Keeps Getting MisunderstoodA blog post about modern C++ architecture, the role of ranges, concepts, RAII, coroutines, and compile time structures, and about why many developers are dismissed by superficial criticism…
Rethinking C++: Architecture, Concepts, and Responsibility
Why C++Builder 13 is more than just a version bump – and why we must begin to truly understand C++.
An article about C++Builder – and yet about much more
With the release of C++Builder 13 and support for…
