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> I'm not really buying that C++ is really all that commonly safe when we have states like these[3]: It's not. At this point, I cannot in good faith say that h
by alphabeta567 3y ago
> I'm not really buying that C++ is really all that commonly safe when we have states like these[3]:
It's not. At this point, I cannot in good faith say that he is not lying, either to us or himself.
- kstrauser 3y agoI don't think he's lying to us. I think he genuinely believes that everyone is using it wrong. Although that's not much of a defense when he was the one who invented the wrong ways to use it.
- ttfkam 3y agoIt's hard to get a man to understand something when his salary (or hobby or self-image) depends on his not understanding it.
- GrumpySloth 3y agoIt’s probably not a coincidence that he’s the author of the famous quote that may and is often used to deflect any and all criticism of a programming language.