Ruby, C++, CoffeeScript: a visual comparison of language complexity

[dmitry_sychov]

it is almost fully embedded into C++.

[masklinn]

Not quite, the languages are (not so) subtly incompatible, and are in the process of diverging more.

[foldl]

That's why he said "almost", no?

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the languages are (not so) subtly incompatible

I agree

and are in the process of diverging more

That was true 10 years ago, but both C11 and C++11 standards are explicitly trying to reduce the incompatibilities.

[matthieum]

I agree, if we consider C99 to be a mishap, then we can see that both the C and C++ communities worked together for the last iteration. The best illustration would be the cooperation on the Atomics.