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Weirdly many people loathe C++ for it's weird parts and complexity and all, but there's very little of C++ in that thread. I honestly expected people to run cir
by zxcdw 14y ago
Weirdly many people loathe C++ for it's weird parts and complexity and all, but there's very little of C++ in that thread. I honestly expected people to run circles around templates and operator overloading.
- swift 14y agoI don't really feel either of those features are that 'strange'. Most of C++'s features are not bizarre considered in isolation. Their ugliness comes from the fact that they have surprising limitations, unpleasant syntax, and don't compose well.
- georgemcbay 14y agoI almost feel like C++ gets a pass because people just expect it to have weird fucked up stuff. People expect weirdness out of it thus wouldn't be surprised by examples. OTOH, by that same logic there should have been less JavaScript representation, because JavaScript is downright goofy.
- mikeash 14y agoSort of like how if you asked about weird stuff in biology, you won't get a lot of Platypus answers, even though the Platypus is really weird.
- podperson 14y agoPerhaps, as with PHP, there are simply too many obvious options.