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Wow, I don't understand what anything means in those memes. And I'm so glad I don't!

It seems to me that the people/committees who built C++ just spent decades inventing new and creative ways for developers to shoot themselves in the foot. Like, why does the language need to offer a hundred different ways to accomplish each trivial task (and 98 of them are bad)?



The road to hell is paved with 40 years of backwards compatibility requirements.


Ignorance is not something you should be proud of.


C++ is the only language which invests in archaeology over futurism.

You get to choose between 25 flint-bladed axes, some of which are coated in modern plastic, when you really want a chainsaw.


Being wise enough to know what's worth spending time to learn is, though. Knowledge isn't free.




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