cm0002@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 11 months agoWhy do people faint at the sight of plain-text code?lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down115cross-posted to: memes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1190arrow-down1external-linkWhy do people faint at the sight of plain-text code?lemmy.worldcm0002@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 11 months agomessage-square25linkfedilinkcross-posted to: memes@lemmy.world
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months agoI mean that they are poorly designed. And year regular languages are just as badly designed. I’d say c++ is just as bad as javascript tbh.
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoC++ is just an exceptionally badly designed language. The weakness of C++ is that it attempted to be backwards compatible with C. It’s like it’s trying to be two programming languages at once. And then it became like three languages at once when smart pointers became the norm. It makes it very difficult and confusing to learn.
minus-squareasdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoTake a look at Rust. It’s what I’d call an exceptionally well defined language.
I mean that they are poorly designed. And year regular languages are just as badly designed. I’d say c++ is just as bad as javascript tbh.
C++ is just an exceptionally badly designed language.
The weakness of C++ is that it attempted to be backwards compatible with C. It’s like it’s trying to be two programming languages at once.
And then it became like three languages at once when smart pointers became the norm. It makes it very difficult and confusing to learn.
Take a look at Rust. It’s what I’d call an exceptionally well defined language.