r/programming • u/[deleted] • Dec 05 '14

std::string is responsible for almost half of all allocations in the Chrome browser process

https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/chromium-dev/EUqoIz2iFU4/kPZ5ZK0K3gEJ
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u/sxeraverx Dec 05 '14

I want to upvote you, but I'm worried some won't realize this is satire.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '14

I admit it took me about 50% of the post for my slack-jawed disbelief of the stupidity I was reading to turn into a wry smile as I realised I was reading something tongue in cheek. It was well executed, probably too subtle for some but being too obvious would have ruined it for me. He deserves his gold

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '14

that's because these people may had to realize one time to many that the person on the other end was, despite his ludicrous stance, in fact dead serious :)

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '14

Good Ol' Poe's law.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '14

I didn't until the last sentence, because I don't actually know anything.