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Suppose you are a c programmer and start a project in c++ and then someone joins your team and starts using a corner of the language you are not well versed in.

Suppose you are a c programmer and start a project in c++ and then someone joins your team and starts using a corner of the language you are not well versed in. That can be a very scary place.

quotemstr 6y ago
Suppose you are a C programmer and someone joins and starts using C in a way that you don't like. So what? Deliberately using a crippled language is a poor substitute for having code review and style standards.
pjmlp 6y ago
Suppose you are a C89 programmer, and start a project in C18, and then someone joins your team and starts using a corner of the language you are not well versed in. That can be a very scary place.
- jstimpfle 6y ago
  You don't believe a single word of that yourself, do you :-)
  - pjmlp 6y ago
    I usually believe in what I write, otherwise it would be a waste of my time. There is a special day per year to break that rule, and it already gone for 2021.