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[–] [email protected] 89 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The quote is a derivative of something Bjarne Stroustrup said himself¹.

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off

1: https://www.stroustrup.com/quotes.html

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago

A citation with a superscript number reference in a comment? Impressive.

[–] grandma 4 points 3 months ago

Makes sense C++ makes everything harder

[–] [email protected] 65 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I need a fact check on that first image please

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

pretty much any software made by @[email protected] is a ticking time bomb regardless of language tbh

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Was it a sudden realization? Did it make a big big noise?