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I don't want to outright dismiss this piece as "argument bait", but it is essentially just a bunch of assertions on what other people should do with virtually n
by MauranKilom 6y ago
I don't want to outright dismiss this piece as "argument bait", but it is essentially just a bunch of assertions on what other people should do with virtually no rationale and a bunch of shade thrown around deliberately. Sure, we all like to have a good argument, and C++ is an easy target, but this seems wholly unproductive from the get-go. If there was any intent of convincing others then this isn't how to do it.
I would also like to know who or what the "Orthodox C++ committee" is. A search only gets you this exact gist. Is the author himself the committee? That really doesn't put this piece into a better light.
- userbinator 6y agoI wonder if it is satire, but then again it doesn't seem particularly too out-there, and "orthodox" reminds me of Russian culture, largely due to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_manager#Orthodox_file_managers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_manager#Orthodox_file_man...
- alisonkisk 6y agoWhat is Russian about that?
- VladimirGolovin 6y agoRussian here. Guys at my company still use Far (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Manager) as their primary file manager, and I'm not aware of any people other than us Russians who are still using Norton-like file managers in their day-to-day work.
- dagw 6y agoI know lots of people here in Sweden that do