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These questions were shown only to the developers who chose C as one
of their three primary programming languages.

C++

 Which C++ standards do you regularly use?

Overall
Embedded
Games
[Matt_Godbo]
Matt GodboltCreator of Compiler Explorer

"It is nice to see the adoption of modern C++. 1 in 5 responders are
on the latest standard, which is great, and many more are planning on
moving to at least C++17 in the next year. Modules and concepts seem
to be strong motivators."

 C++ standards migration

from C++98/03
from C++11
from C++14
from C++17
[Andreas_Kl]
Andreas KlingCreator of SerenityOS and the accompanying YouTube
channel

"It makes sense that lots of people who were already on C++17 are
eager to adopt C++20."

 Is your current project planning to use any of these C++20 features
in the next 12 months?

Overall
Embedded
Games
[Andreas_Kl]
Andreas KlingCreator of SerenityOS and the accompanying YouTube
channel

"Modules are topping the charts as expected. With C++ build times
getting worse each year, it will be very interesting to see how
people use modules to push back against this trend."

 Which IDE / editor do you use the most for C++ development?

Overall
Embedded
Games

 Which unit-testing frameworks do you regularly use?

Overall
Embedded
Games

[Matt_Godbo]
Matt GodboltCreator of Compiler Explorer

"It is still disappointing to see a third of developers not writing
any unit tests at all."

 How do you manage your third party libraries in C++?

Overall
Embedded
Games
[Matt_Godbo]
Matt GodboltCreator of Compiler Explorer

"Nearly three quarters of respondents lack a good packaging solution;
having to build libraries separately, prebuild, or use system package
management means either developer labor or reliance on external
parties to build them. That can mean getting behind on new versions,
and adds complexity to upgrading or changing compilers."

[Andreas_Kl]
Andreas KlingCreator of SerenityOS and the accompanying YouTube
channel

"It wouldn't be C++ if we didn't have many competing solutions to
this problem, but I can't help but wonder if we'd all be better off
if we just picked one and went with it."

 What error reporting methods are allowed on your current project
(work or school)?

 Which project models or build systems do you regularly use?

Overall
Embedded
Games

 Which compilers do you regularly use?

[Matt_Godbo]
Matt GodboltCreator of Compiler Explorer

"It is interesting to see open source compilers topping the list of
regularly used compilers. In my world, being on Linux makes the MSVC
compilers unavailable, but I have always imagined that the number of
programmers on Windows would outnumber us, and so the MSVC usage
would be higher."

[Andreas_Kl]
Andreas KlingCreator of SerenityOS and the accompanying YouTube
channel

"It is very interesting to see GCC growing more than Clang.
Anecdotally, it does feel like GCC has been making better progress
with C++20."

 Which other programming languages do you use in your projects along
with C++?

Overall
Embedded
Games

 Which of the following tools do you or your team use for guideline
enforcement or other code quality/analysis?

[Andreas_Kl]
Andreas KlingCreator of SerenityOS and the accompanying YouTube
channel

"Automatic code formatting is still severely underrated. It may sound
silly, but by using a tool like ClangFormat, you'll never need to
have another argument about coding style!"

 

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