wisdoms

[juan_gandhi]

"The 11 in C++11 refers to the number of legs nailed onto the dog whilst attempting to build a better octopus." - Dylan Beattie

Comments

[vaddimka.livejournal.com]

it won't be dead unless the computers suddenly become 100+ times faster and memory cheaper
and even then, when processing power would seem to be in abundance, people will find some use cases for which it won't be enough :)
C++ can be replaced by some equally high-performance language, but one surely has to drop the idea of immutable data for that. for now, anyway
do you see any contenders? given that a language has to be around for what, like 10 years to be considered an industry standard? i honestly do not believe that we will see C++ dead any time soon

[ivan-gandhi.livejournal.com]

I see quantum computers, linear logic, lenses.

[stas]

I knew one guy that was sure we'd have flying cars in 5-10 years.