@vitaut @federicomena cualquier parecido con la realidad es mera coincidencia πŸ˜‚
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And that's why they banned me from the C++ committee
@vitaut When all you have is a hand grenade, every problem looks like a nail.
@vitaut that's called polymorphism, right?
@vitaut The difference is that the C++ engineers know that it's a hand grenade but insist that they are nevertheless able to hammer with it safely.
@gparker @vitaut Look, it's faster than a standard hammer, ok?
@vitaut @geerlingguy so.... "Working as expected"?
@blenderfox @vitaut @geerlingguy Most of the time.
@sir_toootenstein @vitaut @geerlingguy just needs that one edge case no-one thought about then the whole thing goes πŸ’₯
@blenderfox @vitaut @geerlingguy But except from that it has the potential of writing very elegant code.

@vitaut #alttext4you

Left: Chinese woman discovers she's been using a hand grenade as a hammer for the last twenty years.

Right: Mokey Puppet Meme with the caption "C++ engineers"

@vitaut

Could you add that alternative text ☝️ to the picture?

I believe that is available as an editing feature.

I despise sharing content that good without an alt text.

@vitaut nahh C is safe enoughπŸ’€
@vitaut okay ... that one made me chuckle. :D
@vitaut so, proves it's not at all dangerous?

@vitaut

Should become a text book definition of "WORKS-FOR-ME".

@vitaut Tbh, this would apply better on Rust than C++, given that usually C++ developers do not impose blind trust on compiler ;-)
@vitaut there's an array of things that could have gone wrong here.
@cjust @vitaut it's fine. You don't know the size of that array anyway.
@jdoe @vitaut maybe someone has some pointers on this case.

@vitaut

OT but what is the origin of the puppet meme on the right? I've seen it for years but never found what kids show(?) it came from. Thx.

Monkey Puppet

Monkey Puppet refers to a reaction image and GIF of a puppet appearing surprised. It’s used to express shock, particularly in situations where one party ow

Know Your Meme

@GeeF

Ah thanks for that! Monkey Puppet has a rich cultural history, no wonder I couldn't trace it. Half century old Japanese TV, borrowed by Spanish internet! He is the fusion cuisine of memes.

@vitaut @rixx minutes later I'm still chuckling :D
@vitaut @federicomena cualquier parecido con la realidad es mera coincidencia πŸ˜‚