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by duttish 41 days ago
There's a classic saying along those lines, "everyone is only using 5% of Word. The tricky part is that everyone is using a different 5%"
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C++ is the same way and is why while everyone hates 95% of it, no one can agree on a strictly superior language.
Originated (or maybe just popularized) by Joel Spolsky, I think?