“C has known memory footguns. C++, due to its complexity, has footnukes.” - Hacker News comment

smpl@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 years

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

2pt_perversion@lemmy.world · 2 years

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

grandma@sh.itjust.works · 2 years

Makes sense C++ makes everything harder

trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world · 2 years

I need a fact check on that first image please

GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world · 2 years

Xyphius@lemmy.ca · 2 years

Found these two articles, seems legit

cheddar@programming.dev · 2 years

You’re more cautious with a meme than that lady with a grenade.

remotelove@lemmy.ca · 2 years

It’s all Korean URL encoding in that link, btw. Here is a screenshot anyway.

Lemminary@lemmy.world · 2 years

Thanks for including the screenshot!

dosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 years

pretty much any software made by @dosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.org is a ticking time bomb regardless of language tbh

werefreeatlast@lemmy.world · 2 years

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