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Re:C++ is a hack by sevensor on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @12:39PM (#11111604)
"It's a hack" is also an insufficient reason to avoid using C++, although I think it's both true and a useful thing to know before getting involved with C++.
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Re:C++ is a hack by austinsharp on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @12:51PM (#11111723)
The very nature of a hack is that someone needed it at some point. Even if C++ is a hack, that doesn't prohibit it from being the right answer in some situations.
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Re:C++ is a hack by rootlocus on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @01:20PM (#11111918)
What is or isn't sufficient is relative and context-sensitive. For me it might be. For triple A game studios definitely isn't.
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