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>Its distinctive feature/bug is having no opinion of almost anything This single phrase has clarified the workings of the C++ standards body like nothing else;
by rramadass 5y ago
>Its distinctive feature/bug is having no opinion of almost anything
This single phrase has clarified the workings of the C++ standards body like nothing else; When in doubt, add it in!
- jahnu 5y agoHistory shows this to be just plain wrong. There are many examples but for example look how long doubts about concepts held back that feature.
- scott_s 5y agoThis very submission is 160 pages documenting this very fact.
- jahnu 5y agoIndeed. I have a lot of sympathy for the viewpoint that c++ is a very very complicated language in it's entirety, but not much sympathy for the idea that features are added willy-nilly. It's a product of its time, massive success, and a herculean effort to retain backwards compatibility. It can be frustrating at times but I can seem to make great things with it still.