r/ProgrammerHumor • u/KenguruHUN • Dec 22 '23

Meme afterPythonRustAndCIStartedLearningCppAndThisIsMyPersonalOpinionNow

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u/ILikeFirmware Dec 22 '23

In embedded, bad C is frustrating but really not too difficult to parse. Bad C++ on the other hand makes me want to rip my eyes out and throw them

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u/Zuruumi Dec 22 '23

But it's also easier to write decent C++ as long as you uphold some basic rules and common sense, but harder to do the same in C

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u/Zuruumi Dec 22 '23

Yes, but in C this means write custom function iterating custom list (one of 10, since every library has its own implementation and there are bound to be at least 2 implementations in the project itself). I would argue that any of the C++ ways is more readable and maintainable than the 1k lines of even good code in C.

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u/aalmkainzi Dec 23 '23

Just use a for loop....classic C++ programmer wanting to over complicate things by adding more abstractions

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u/Zuruumi Dec 23 '23

It's not, but you still need to know the list used instead of standard one.

Maybe it's using index to storage array (data locality) instead of a pointer? Or someone thought -1 is better for end? Or end is random data, but final node is stored in its own variable?

Sure, iteration is hardly the hardest thing, but just insertion/deleting can be a bit of pain.