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[-] [email protected] 92 points 9 months ago

The 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

[-] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago

A citation with a superscript number reference in a comment? Impressive.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Makes sense C++ makes everything harder

[-] [email protected] 65 points 9 months ago

I need a fact check on that first image please

[-] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

pretty much any software made by @[email protected] is a ticking time bomb regardless of language tbh

[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Was it a sudden realization? Did it make a big big noise?

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