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To paraphrase Dijkstra, "the use of C++ cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence". Maybe a reasonable C++ programmer
by Joker_vD 4y ago
To paraphrase Dijkstra, "the use of C++ cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence". Maybe a reasonable C++ programmer would expect that, sure, but: should a reasonable programmer expect that? Automatic promotion to reasonably sized integers (and in the limit, integers of unlimited precision) is ancient tech.
- Koshkin 4y agoPlease do not put your own words in Dijkstra's mouth: he said exactly what needed to be said.
- otabdeveloper4 4y ago> just promote my arithmetic to bigints randomly, #YOLO
- Joker_vD 4y ago> Just throw away the most-significant digits randomly, #YOLO