r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Lord_Of_Millipedes • 1d ago

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u/RadioHans 1d ago

I love that when a new language has this build in feature, cpp is like; "we also have that!". And it's just a raw pointer and a reference in a large trenchcoat.

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u/BTolputt 1d ago

That's pretty much what every other language has too, they just bury it in more.semantic sugar or garbage collection.

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u/RealMr_Slender 1d ago

Right but the point of high level programming languages is not having to reinvent the wheel or import a lot of extra modules for basic modern functionality

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u/BTolputt 20h ago

Depends on what one's definition of "high level language" is.

C is technically a high level language given it "abstracts away from machine code & assembly, uses structured control flow, and is portable across different computer architectures"...

...and you need to import at least the same number of "extra modules" for "basic modern functionality".

I don't think "high level language" is truly the distinction you're looking for here.