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There's dozens of people who would get it... DOZENS!
by favorited 4y ago
There's dozens of people who would get it... DOZENS!
- kjellsbells 4y agoUses C++. Shortly after: I've made a huge mistake.
- favorited 4y agoTobias: You know, Lindsay, as a developer, I have advised... a number of people to explore "modern C++," where everything is RAII, and you never have to write `new` or `delete`. Lindsay: Well, did it work for those people? Tobias: No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but... but it might work for us.
- cozzyd 4y agoyes, I would have thought the "better" version would be int tobias[24]; delete tobias;
- kordite 4y agoI'll be honest, I didn't get it at first. I thought initially that it was too complex for the teaching example. And then it clicked. You're rather smart aren't you! I guess 24, or 36, or 48 would have worked!
- cozzyd 4y agoYeah, I was thinking the number of never-nudes in the world might closer to 2 dozen than 3 or 4 dozen, but I don't really know!
- zamnos 4y agoAccording to the TIOBE index, C++ is the fourth most popular programming language, and has been around for over 35 years, so easily a couple thousand people. The question is how many of them are on HN (probably dozens).
- kordite 4y agoHey brother! I always love a good quote back. I've occasionally had a 'there are dozens of us' response in the training room or remote chat. Always makes me smile.