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Re:C++ and the Culture of Complexity (2013) by maxxxxx on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @01:00PM (#16275891)
"dragged in every last weird and contradictory feature of what is a really enormous language"

This happens with every language that has a lot of features. You have to try them before you can form an opinion.

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Re:C++ and the Culture of Complexity (2013) by Footkerchief on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @07:53PM (#16278941)
> This happens with every language that has a lot of features.

Seems like the key is to not have a lot of features, then.

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Re:C++ and the Culture of Complexity (2013) by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @08:01PM (#16278971)
But languages with not a lot of features trap you unless you never need that feature (or unless you're fine with implementing that feature yourself in what the language gives you).
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Re:C++ and the Culture of Complexity (2013) by maxxxxx on Thursday February 01, 2018 @10:14AM (#16282358)
Then we should be using FORTRAN 77 forever?
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