Takeaway #1: "C and C++ are different: don’t mix them, and don’t mix them up"
Takeaway #1: "C and C++ are different: don’t mix them, and don’t mix them up"
https://herbsutter.com/2012/05/03/reader-qa-what-about-vc-an...
> it is hard to say no to you, and I’m sorry to say it. But we have to choose a focus, and our focus is to implement (the standard) and innovate (with extensions like everyone but which we also contribute for potential standardization) in C++.
I mean, yeah if it came from a two member team at a startup, sure focus on C++, understandably. But Microsoft, what happened to "Developers! Developers! Developers!"?
The change of heart was the new management, and the whole Microsoft <3 FOSS.
Indeed, and yet here we are with C23
> The change of heart was the new management, and the whole Microsoft <3 FOSS.
Yeah, agree. To me the turning point was when they created WSL.
This is no longer true. On UEFI systems the only thing you have to do normally is fix the boot order. In fact installing Linux first and Windows second tends to be the better dual-boot strategy nowadays.
Fixing the boot order can be done from UEFI setup, and even from Windows command line
bcdedit /enum firmware
bcdedit /set {fwbootmgr} displayorder {yourlinuxuuid} /addfirst
(Put single quotes around {} if you use PowerShell instead of CMD.exe)