Wow, I don't understand what anything means in those memes. And I'm so glad I don't!

It seems to me that the people/committees who built C++ just spent decades inventing new and creative ways for developers to shoot themselves in the foot. Like, why does the language need to offer a hundred different ways to accomplish each trivial task (and 98 of them are bad)?

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fouronnes3 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

The road to hell is paved with 40 years of backwards compatibility requirements.

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account42 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Ignorance is not something you should be proud of.

	▲	TheOtherHobbes 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		C++ is the only language which invests in archaeology over futurism. You get to choose between 25 flint-bladed axes, some of which are coated in modern plastic, when you really want a chainsaw.
	▲	saghm 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Being wise enough to know what's worth spending time to learn is, though. Knowledge isn't free.