tbqh kazinator is manifesting the bare minimum of Caring to be trusted with C++ code as a developer. If you aren't prepared to get into bizarre pseudo-legal arguments with collaborators about language specifications you are going to be happier somewhere else in the software industry.
I do not say this as someone who believes this represents healthy behavior or that wants to write C++ for a living. They've been like this since #C on EFNet and FreeNode were a thing 30+/25+ years ago. My guess is they got the behavior from Usenet or something but I didn't hang out there so I don't know first-hand.
In this situation, those others were not exactly wrong. It was about OP proving also not being wrong.
If people in your organization think you said something stupid, that could be bad for your opportunities there.
If you say something which is correct, but the correctness depends on some unusual conditions that are not well known, or special interpretations of common concepts, or some context that is not shared with whoever you're talking to, you have to either not mention that, or spell out those details.
If you posit that pigs do fly, don't forget the detail that it's when they are shot out of a cannon.
coolsunglasses|2 years ago
I do not say this as someone who believes this represents healthy behavior or that wants to write C++ for a living. They've been like this since #C on EFNet and FreeNode were a thing 30+/25+ years ago. My guess is they got the behavior from Usenet or something but I didn't hang out there so I don't know first-hand.
kazinator|2 years ago
In this situation, those others were not exactly wrong. It was about OP proving also not being wrong.
If people in your organization think you said something stupid, that could be bad for your opportunities there.
If you say something which is correct, but the correctness depends on some unusual conditions that are not well known, or special interpretations of common concepts, or some context that is not shared with whoever you're talking to, you have to either not mention that, or spell out those details.
If you posit that pigs do fly, don't forget the detail that it's when they are shot out of a cannon.
bfrog|2 years ago
timacles|2 years ago
SillyUsername|2 years ago