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> The C and C++ philosophy starts with the premise "programmers know best and will never aim a shotgun at their foot and then fire That's absolutely not the C/
by JohnFen 2y ago
> The C and C++ philosophy starts with the premise "programmers know best and will never aim a shotgun at their foot and then fire
That's absolutely not the C/C++ philosophy. The C philosophy (I lost track of whatever the C++ philosophy is supposed to be several versions back) is that it's a mid-level language and lets you have pretty low-level access to the machine. With that comes the need for great caution, much like working in assembly.
It's not premised on the idea that programmers are infallible at all, but on the idea that code-checking and correctness is to be done through process rather than the language itself.
- vacuity 2y agoIt isn't what is explicitly touted as standard, but it is what many developers have culturally established.
- eacnamn 2y ago>That's absolutely not the C/C++ philosophy while it is not explicitly written out like this anymore, the standard charter used to say > Trust the programmer. > Don't prevent the programmer from doing what needs to be done. for 30 something years, which sounds similar to what the other poster said. The current charter[1] only says "Allow programming freedom" which I'd still interpret to mean something similar. 1: https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n3280.htm https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n3280.htm (edited due to formatting messups)
- 29athrowaway 2y agoSome freedom is productive, some freedom is not.