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by delta_p_delta_x 282 days ago
> I think it’s better to skip this class of problem.

I'll keep my templates, smart pointers, concepts, RAII, and now reflection, thanks. C and its macros are good for compile times but nothing much else. Programming in C feels like banging rocks together.
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dboon 281 days ago
Agree to disagree, then! Templates, smart pointers, and RAII have cost me far, far more than they’ve paid me back. You should write whatever feels good to you.
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delta_p_delta_x 281 days ago
Happy to. If I may, I have an analogy:

C feels a little like survival mode in Minecraft; you have a set of very simple abstractions, a relatively simple language, with which one can build the world (and in many cases, we have).

C++ feels like a complex city builder, with lots of tools, designs, and paradigms available, but also allows one to screw up in bigger ways.

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