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there is no build system that everyone has installed/is familiar w, single header libraries are as portable as C or UTF-8 itself are (so still the best choice),

there is no build system that everyone has installed/is familiar w, single header libraries are as portable as C or UTF-8 itself are (so still the best choice), the only other alternative i see it using C itself as build system (i mean why not)

almostgotcaught 2y ago
There's a kind of hn comment that pops up very frequently - aspirational/delusional/out of touch: people repeating hype as truth that no one that actually lives in the space would repeat. Stuff like this (lol I don't know a single serious C++ project using conan/vcpkg/etc), or that mojo has replaced all of Python/C/C++ (not will replace but has!), or that Rust has replaced C/C++, or the LLMs have obviated everything. I have no clue how someone can both be so clueless and yet so sure.
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- sitkack 2y ago
  You are just name calling, there is nothing substantive in your argument. It is rude and offputting.
  - almostgotcaught 2y ago
    > You are just name calling who did i call a name?
- ranger_danger 2y ago
  This is dogmatism, or "speaking in absolutes", and it's extremely common with pseudo-intellectuals in general. The Dunning-Kruger effect also applies to smart people. You don't stop when you are estimating your ability correctly. As you learn more, you gain more awareness of your ignorance and continue being conservative with your self estimates. My own take on this: I think real intelligence by definition requires humility. One has to realize that we can't know the things we don't know, which includes the fact that we can't always trust our own beliefs and opinions because we might be relying on faulty or incomplete information, or we might be suffering from a mental health problem, whether we are aware of it or not. "As a rule, strong feelings about issues do not emerge from deep understanding." -Sloman and Fernbach
  - almostgotcaught 2y ago
    > This is dogmatism, or "speaking in absolutes", nah it's just gossip. they read something spicy about C++ or Mojo or LLMs and they jump at the chance to repeat it.

almostgotcaught 2y ago

There's a kind of hn comment that pops up very frequently - aspirational/delusional/out of touch: people repeating hype as truth that no one that actually lives in the space would repeat. Stuff like this (lol I don't know a single serious C++ project using conan/vcpkg/etc), or that mojo has replaced all of Python/C/C++ (not will replace but has!), or that Rust has replaced C/C++, or the LLMs have obviated everything. I have no clue how someone can both be so clueless and yet so sure.

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sitkack 2y ago
You are just name calling, there is nothing substantive in your argument. It is rude and offputting.
- almostgotcaught 2y ago
  > You are just name calling who did i call a name?
ranger_danger 2y ago
This is dogmatism, or "speaking in absolutes", and it's extremely common with pseudo-intellectuals in general. The Dunning-Kruger effect also applies to smart people. You don't stop when you are estimating your ability correctly. As you learn more, you gain more awareness of your ignorance and continue being conservative with your self estimates. My own take on this: I think real intelligence by definition requires humility. One has to realize that we can't know the things we don't know, which includes the fact that we can't always trust our own beliefs and opinions because we might be relying on faulty or incomplete information, or we might be suffering from a mental health problem, whether we are aware of it or not. "As a rule, strong feelings about issues do not emerge from deep understanding." -Sloman and Fernbach
- almostgotcaught 2y ago
  > This is dogmatism, or "speaking in absolutes", nah it's just gossip. they read something spicy about C++ or Mojo or LLMs and they jump at the chance to repeat it.