✧✦Catherine✦✧Sep 22, 2023

<@charlotte> Fuck C++. Worst programming language for children

(i relate so hard)

Show threadDan PortsSep 22, 2023
@whitequark @charlotte There's a mural near my house that says “Kids can code C++! Every child matters!”, but I think children who don't know template metaprogramming have value too.
Show threadDaniel GibsonSep 22, 2023
@dan @whitequark @charlotte
Do you have to do template metaprogramming to be a C++ programmer?
Asking for a friend
Show threadmxkSep 22, 2023
@Doomed_Daniel @dan @whitequark @charlotte No, only if you also claim that you "know c++". Most C++ programmer sadly do fine without it 😬
Show threadDaniel GibsonSep 22, 2023
@mxk @dan @whitequark @charlotte
no one really knows C++
Show threadJames WidmanSep 23, 2023
@Doomed_Daniel @mxk (possible exceptions: Richard Smith (clang maintainer---but i think he's been working on carbon full-time for a while now?) and Jens Maurer)
Show threadJames Widman
@Doomed_Daniel @mxk if there is a single living person who comes the closest to being able to accurately tell you the semantics of any given C++ program, it's probably Jens
Sep 23, 2023 at 3:35amWeb
Show threadDaniel GibsonSep 23, 2023
@JamesWidman @mxk
poor guy
Show threadJames WidmanSep 23, 2023
@Doomed_Daniel @mxk oh, he's ok; he's in the zone.