▲ 439 ▼ Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks (www.theregister.com) submitted 1 year ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/programming@programming.dev 103 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (3 children) Plus you can always just use clangd. Its what I've always used with every text editor that has LSP support. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] XPost3000@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) Honestly moving to clangd has got to be the single best thing I've done in C++, it's cross platform and I've found it to be significantly faster, more reliable, and more featureful than Microsoft's C++ plugin by a long shot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* I havent used vscode in while but I do remember having a lot of issues with the Microsoft C++ plugin, especially in large projects. I switched to clangd very quickly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PanArab@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago Clang is a better C++ compiler than msvc, it generates faster binaries and can compile complex code that msvc errs on at least in my experience YMMV. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vivendi@programming.dev -2 points 1 year ago I wish there was a GCC equivalent; but even if clang is a corpowhore project it's atleast OSS permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XPost3000@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) Honestly moving to clangd has got to be the single best thing I've done in C++, it's cross platform and I've found it to be significantly faster, more reliable, and more featureful than Microsoft's C++ plugin by a long shot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* I havent used vscode in while but I do remember having a lot of issues with the Microsoft C++ plugin, especially in large projects. I switched to clangd very quickly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* I havent used vscode in while but I do remember having a lot of issues with the Microsoft C++ plugin, especially in large projects. I switched to clangd very quickly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago Clang is a better C++ compiler than msvc, it generates faster binaries and can compile complex code that msvc errs on at least in my experience YMMV. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vivendi@programming.dev -2 points 1 year ago I wish there was a GCC equivalent; but even if clang is a corpowhore project it's atleast OSS permalink fedilink source parent