Re:C++ is a hack
by rootlocus on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @02:52PM
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> It's a huge hack, but the argument that it's something hard to remember that you have to Google for doesn't hold water.
So basically you agree with the the fact that it's a hack, but feel that it's necessary to attack me personally (with a well placed "ad hominem" fallacy) for not being able to remember such trivia.
Let's make this clear: this isn't a test on how well you know C++. It's a rhetorical question, aimed at people how don't know C++, or only have a basic idea of how operator overloading works. Would they be able to guess which is overloaded how? No. Because it's an unintuitive hack.
That's the purpose of the question.
> Anyone halfway knowledgeable in C++ can be expected to know this piece of trivia, IMHO.
You can have your "humble" opinion (first one so far). I'll just have to humbly disagree with it.
So basically you agree with the the fact that it's a hack, but feel that it's necessary to attack me personally (with a well placed "ad hominem" fallacy) for not being able to remember such trivia.
Let's make this clear: this isn't a test on how well you know C++. It's a rhetorical question, aimed at people how don't know C++, or only have a basic idea of how operator overloading works. Would they be able to guess which is overloaded how? No. Because it's an unintuitive hack.
That's the purpose of the question.
> Anyone halfway knowledgeable in C++ can be expected to know this piece of trivia, IMHO.
You can have your "humble" opinion (first one so far). I'll just have to humbly disagree with it.