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> One nice thing about newer C++ is that you can write safer(in some sense) functions. But in practice you rarely find these in the codebase you inherit.
by dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
> One nice thing about newer C++ is that you can write safer(in some sense) functions.
But in practice you rarely find these in the codebase you inherit.
- beached_whale 6y agoThat goes for any system, legacy code is good and bad. Often it's battle hardened, but looks super complicated because of the post release organic growth with fixes. Green projects are able to be engineered nicely(if you have the time...) but are missing real world exposure to find all our incorrect assumptions and errors.