[tialaramex]

Seems to me the good news is that your compiler told you this doesn't work.

In languages where you can't tell the compiler you think this is constant, there's a risk you delude yourself, especially because computers are very fast, and you think you've got O(1) when it's actually O(N) or even O(N^2) and one day N gets big enough and you're in real trouble.

[pjmlp]

Yeah, because I am one of those persons that when I use languages like C and C++, and have the last word, the seatbelt and metal gloves are always turned on.

Those examples for HN recreation naturally weren't written with such care.