armchair_progamer@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 years ago“C has known memory footguns. C++, due to its complexity, has footnukes.” - Hacker News commentprogramming.devexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1524arrow-down19
arrow-up1515arrow-down1external-link“C has known memory footguns. C++, due to its complexity, has footnukes.” - Hacker News commentprogramming.devarmchair_progamer@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 years agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squaresmpl@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up92·2 years agoThe quote is a derivative of something Bjarne Stroustrup said himself¹. C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off 1: https://www.stroustrup.com/quotes.html
minus-square2pt_perversion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down1·2 years agoA citation with a superscript number reference in a comment? Impressive.
minus-squaregrandma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoMakes sense C++ makes everything harder
The quote is a derivative of something Bjarne Stroustrup said himself¹.
1: https://www.stroustrup.com/quotes.html
A citation with a superscript number reference in a comment? Impressive.
Makes sense C++ makes everything harder