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[–] [email protected] 56 points 5 months ago (4 children)

The C++ feature set is a giant tome written in an unsteady hand and bound with suspicious leather. You're supposed to study it deeply, use as little as possible, and ideally have a backup plan if things go wrong for this plane of existence.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

i like to think of C++ as a testing ground for new features and paradigms. to see how some concepts will handle in production.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

An excellent perspective.

Announcement N: "C++ can now do [blank]!"

Announcement N+1: "Don't."

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