Re:Smart pointers and move semantics in modern C++
by angersock on Sunday September 25, 2016 @08:13PM
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Quantity has a quality all its own, my friend.
Wordpress is garbage, but has a fairly secure niche that is only recently even getting attention from competitors.
Here on HN everyone is a PLT prodigy who would never deign to admit that they would ever be beaten by the 90% of programmers--but in the real world, well, they make shit happen. Some problems are solved better by throwing warm bodies with lukewarm IQs than by trying to get the perfect language lawyer.
Have some humility.
Re:Smart pointers and move semantics in modern C++
by mikeash on Sunday September 25, 2016 @08:25PM
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They make shit happen, until it finally collapses in on itself and the people paying the bills realize they've been paying for actual shit, then they bring in a programmer with a sharp saw to clean up the mess. Happens constantly.
Re:Smart pointers and move semantics in modern C++
by angersock on Sunday September 25, 2016 @10:00PM
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And that shit paid the bills for the eventual cleanup, while waiting on a better solution wouldn't have. Moreover, it's usually pretty obvious how to fix that kind of mess whereas a more clever/advanced solution can be completely unmaintainable.
If you want to see your position taken to the extreme, go look at 90% of programmers out there, who spend as little time as possible sharpening their saw and as much time as possible churning out awful, nearly worthless code.