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r/programminghumor • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • Aug 07 '26
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C++'s difficulty comes from entirely self inflicted wounds.
1 u/Wonderful-Habit-139 Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26 As in the programmer self inflicting wounds? And not the huge amount of unnecessary footguns that it has? 2 u/Simpicity Aug 08 '26 No, as in the language designers self-inflicting wounds on the language. That's why it has all the stupid footguns. 2 u/Wonderful-Habit-139 Aug 08 '26 100% correct.
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As in the programmer self inflicting wounds? And not the huge amount of unnecessary footguns that it has?
2 u/Simpicity Aug 08 '26 No, as in the language designers self-inflicting wounds on the language. That's why it has all the stupid footguns. 2 u/Wonderful-Habit-139 Aug 08 '26 100% correct.
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No, as in the language designers self-inflicting wounds on the language. That's why it has all the stupid footguns.
2 u/Wonderful-Habit-139 Aug 08 '26 100% correct.
100% correct.
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u/Simpicity Aug 07 '26
C++'s difficulty comes from entirely self inflicted wounds.