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by jasoneckert 1184 days ago
It's an OK C++ joke, but not great. I could certainly give the author a few pointers...
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Yeah, they all just follow a template
Sure, but at a macro level we’re still compiling the same jokes.
Are you sure that's safe?
And I could add a couple of references.
I can only use them after they're free.
Narrator: They weren’t actually free.
How many people read that in Morgan Freeman's voice?
Arrested Development had a narrator: Ron Howard.
Let's make sure, I'll make a callok?
And if that doesn’t work, we can send a malloc?
Narrator: It's at this point Michael realized the futility of C++ and promptly learned Rust over a couple of beers pondering if he will ever survive the oncoming AI apocalypse.
They better be smart ones or it's back to class for you (though I fear you may have to brace yourself for worse than cough this).
I should note here that - while not related to C++ - I almost used .... instead of ... to make this joke extra funny ;-)