Re:Should you learn C to “learn how the computer works”?
by Sir_Cmpwn on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @06:21PM
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When I see templates, I run in the opposite direction at a dead sprint. C++ has added very little of value to the language and templates are one of their worst offerings. Metaprogramming is an antipattern in C.
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Re:Should you learn C to “learn how the computer works”?
by sevensor on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @09:57PM
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> Metaprogramming is an antipattern in C.
Yet we often see passionate arguments in its favor, as for instance from Sústrik (http://250bpm.com/blog:56) and Tatham (https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/mp/) and a person on the internet who recommends replacing LAPACK with preprocessor macros (http://wordsandbuttons.online/outperforming_lapack_with_c_me...). Would you care to comment on its enduring popularity?
Re:Should you learn C to “learn how the computer works”?
by Sir_Cmpwn on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @10:01PM
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You can write bad code in any language, C is no exception. We also see people persistently arguing in favor of simpler and less magical C. If you want reliable, maintainable code in any language, do not use magic. Metaprogramming is cool, no doubt about it, but it's unnecessary and creates bad code.