“C has known memory footguns. C++, due to its complexity, has footnukes.” - Hacker News comment
“C has known memory footguns. C++, due to its complexity, has footnukes.” - Hacker News comment
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
91ReplyA citation with a superscript number reference in a comment? Impressive.
32ReplyMakes sense C++ makes everything harder
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I need a fact check on that first image please
65ReplyFound these two articles, seems legit
33ReplyYou're more cautious with a meme than that lady with a grenade.
32ReplyHere is a start for you: https://www.msn.com/ko-kr/news/world/20년간-수류탄을-망치로-써온-할머니에-中-화들짝/ar-BB1oYj9a
It's all Korean URL encoding in that link, btw. Here is a screenshot anyway.
19ReplyThanks for including the screenshot!
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pretty much any software made by @dosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.org is a ticking time bomb regardless of language tbh
3ReplyWas it a sudden realization? Did it make a big big noise?
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