Rob Pike, one of the creators of the Go language, stated that he expected the language to be adopted by C++ programmers, a prediction that hasn't been realised. Recently however at the HFT firm where I work, the success of a team's move from Python to Go for some pieces of non-speed-critical infrastructure led to…
Disclaimer: this post is sort of a motivating post for students. Professional programmers may find it uninteresting or painful (especially if you code in C# or Java or JavaScript). C++ is the hardest…