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More criticism needed

Could we please have more criticism of C++'s many glaring issues. I feel that there's not enough criticism in general, and consider that at least 50% of the page should be devoted to it. Oecology (talk) 09:36, 6 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That's a recurring topic on this talk page. See for example

and especially

Talk:C++/Archive 12#Removed Criticism

and

Talk:C++/Archive 12#Criticism

For what it's worth, there is a page Criticism of C++ devoted to that topic. – Tea2min (talk) 08:58, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Most of these criticism, and also those featured are basically POINTLESS. For example one criticism is that C++ is not reflective, but you CAN make your program reflective (with less than 100 lines of code, note) Criticizing the "lack of a library" is also pointless since new C++ libraries come out ALL THE TIME. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.69.199.255 (talk) 07:56, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism section and separate page

In anticipation of possible moves to remove my additions to the Criticism section, I'd like to say that the language complexity issues are in a whole different class than any issues mentioned on Criticism of C++. They are a fundamental design issue, not very technical or specific. Also, they are much more notable, sourced with a very high quality. 213.149.61.212 (talk) 06:12, 10 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]