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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
C++ programming.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> ...something impossible in C++ vec[3_s & 4] is very much possible in C++. It's only two characters longer. (C++ doesn't have a ':' operator, you'll need to use some other symbol.)
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> have found their next pseudo science Nah. Like the Rapture, "climate change" is forever. That's the beauty of it, it's the falling sky to end all falling skies.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> Most defenses I've seen of C++ boils down to something along the lines of "you're using it wrong (tm)". Maybe, but that wasn't what I said. The problem is that lots of people know C, but very, very few people k
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> Additionally it's the only language I've ever worked in that provides ample opportunities to blow off your own foot while copying a string. False. std::string x = y; There's no way to mess this up. Again, learn
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> C++ is one of the hardest languages to use, No. > full of edge cases, Definitely no. > it blows my mind every time I pick it up. I'm tempted to say "programming is not for you", but I'll be charitable and just
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> C++'s approach to generic type usage has slowly evolved into the most absurd collection of left angle brackets out there C++ templates are a purely-functional Lisplike language. There's nothing strange or absurd about it; it&
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> the cognitive load required There's no cognitive load required to code in C++. You just don't know the language. There's no easy tutorials or learning materials for it, but it's not hard.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> The comic is seriously a great intro learning resource No, it isn't. It's horrible. It read like advertising copy to sway dumb investors into pouring their life savings into Google stock.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> given the right subset of language chosen Yes, if by that you mean "idiomatic C++ as C++ programmers write it". It's the inexperienced "C/C++" (no such thing, BTW) that are 'choosing subsets', an
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> C/C++ No such thing.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> If configuration starts becoming more complex than looking up key value pairs, why not just write it in the programming language you are using? Because you want to write a config file, not a program? What next, config files, build syst
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
You're forced to run 8 chat apps where just 1 would work better, all of them with their respective security, privacy and battery-destroying performance problems. How is that possibly not "harm"??
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> Who uses sms for anything but authenticating WhatsApp/signal/telegram? I do.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
The so-called 'neural networks' have nothing to do with the brain. They're only called that as a branding exercise. Because math is scary and boring, biology and brains are warm and fuzzy.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
The "modern" Javascript parts make me almost physically sick. Gimme back my plain old browser Javascript. It was primitive, but at least it wasn't actively harmful.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> I thought Rust had other, better ways to create non-blocking code so I don't understand why to use async instead. 'async' exists because Python has that GIL bullshit and so Python programmers had to invent that fifth whe
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
Cooperative multitasking, like it's 1995 again? No thanks.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
It's a great excuse to claim a label of 'programming genius' without having to explain why you haven't written anything useful or groundbreaking.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> Simulating the Solar System would be sufficient. But that's exactly how it is with our Universe! There's clear evidence that the important and relevant stuff happens only in the Solar System, and the rest of the Universe is j
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> I wasn't as open-minded as I thought I was. Don't open it too wide, unhygienic stuff might fall in. On a related note: why is it that people understand basic food hygiene (don't eat rotten meat, wash your vegetables, sp
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> Still much better than C++ though. Well, no. There is zero reason to use Rust if you already know modern C++. Rust's only benefit is being newbie-friendly.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
Yeah, the 3.5" disks are actually 'stiffies', not 'floppies'.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> 1/25 Is there a more user-hostile webapp than Twitter? I think not.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
Such a primitive bike is only a novelty, not a mode of transportation. It would be less efficient and more expensive than just walking. (I.e., a toy.)
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
Bad quality article. There's a simple answer: ball bearings are relatively high tech that requires lots of innovation to come together at the same time.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
Why not both? Seems to work for the rest of humanity.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> By the way, all passenger trains in Europe , China and Japan lose money too. Not true. Russian passenger rail is profitable and growing.
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
> The real issue we are facing is that everything that we thought was not going to be pattern matching and tree search has turned out to be pattern matching and tree search. Absolutely false. It just seems that way because you read biase
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by otabdeveloper2 7y ago
It's not great news. GCC is basically better in every way. People promote Clang because it has a permissive license and opens the door for Google and Apple to inject proprietary crap into Linux.

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