Irken vs Cpp11

One way to understand a language is to compare it to its contemporaries. Since C++11 templates support type-inference and Structural Typing, it's a good comparison to make to understand something about Irken.

Before we get into the details, two of the biggest differences between the languages, and which we'd like to call out first, are..

C++11 is mature, while Irken still in it's infancy with few programs written in it C++11 has extensive libraries and documentation, while Irken is sparsely documented with few libraries In other words, Irken is very much still a research project, while C++11 has lots of 'real things' written in it. With that disclaimer aside...