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I've written 5-line C++ programs which have stumped experts for hours. There's a trilogy of books about all its edge cases and best practices for working around
by AlexCoventry 6y ago
I've written 5-line C++ programs which have stumped experts for hours. There's a trilogy of books about all its edge cases and best practices for working around them... C++ still has a place, but not as a beginning systems language.
- lenkite 6y agoI hope we never judge how easy is it to learn and use a programming language by obfuscated code contests. All languages will fail by that measure in their lifetime as they accumulate cruft.
- AlexCoventry 6y agoThis wasn't obfuscated code. This was a MWE, where I was trying to understand why it wasn't working as expected.