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0 pointsuecker9mo ago0 comments

"political reasons"?

I switched from C++ to C because C++ is too complex and dealing with this complexity was stealing my time. I would not call this a "political reason".

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pjmlp9mo ago

C's simplicity is oversold, when taking into account that in practice it isn't the second edition of the K&R C book, adapted for ISO, rather a plethora of extensions, several standard revisions since 1989, zero care for security.

Dealing with security issues is one of my occupations, when having a DevOps role in project delivery, and I rather use that time elsewhere.

ueckerOP9mo ago

After wasting many hours of my life debugging C++ code, before switching to C, I disagree. The simplicity and explicitness of C is underappreciated.

pjmlp9mo ago

If only it came along with a security mindset, unfortunately 50 years aren't enough to change language culture.

ueckerOP9mo ago

As if C++ had a security mindset:

void foo(std::vector<int> &x) { x[4] = 1; }

int main() { std::vector<int> x{ 0, 1, 3, }; foo(x); std::cout << x[4]; }

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pjmlp9mo ago

Dealing with security issues is one of my occupations, when having a DevOps role in project delivery, and I rather use that time elsewhere.

ueckerOP9mo ago

After wasting many hours of my life debugging C++ code, before switching to C, I disagree. The simplicity and explicitness of C is underappreciated.

pjmlp9mo ago

If only it came along with a security mindset, unfortunately 50 years aren't enough to change language culture.

ueckerOP9mo ago

As if C++ had a security mindset:

void foo(std::vector<int> &x) { x[4] = 1; }

int main() { std::vector<int> x{ 0, 1, 3, }; foo(x); std::cout << x[4]; }

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