> First of all, there’s like, 20 different ways to initialize a variable, and there’s so many rules and edge cases about initialization, that somebody wrote a 300 page textbook solely on this one topic.
> Just about everything in C++ is a mess.
> ...
It's quite informative: its criticisms are mostly objective and it touches related subjects like job opportunities and other languages.
armchairhacker|2 months ago
> C++ is absolutely atrocious.
> First of all, there’s like, 20 different ways to initialize a variable, and there’s so many rules and edge cases about initialization, that somebody wrote a 300 page textbook solely on this one topic.
> Just about everything in C++ is a mess.
> ...
It's quite informative: its criticisms are mostly objective and it touches related subjects like job opportunities and other languages.