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Re:Fish (shell) porting to Rust from C++ by simplotek on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @02:19AM (#34592273)
> C++ just isn't a very expressive language and has a high impedance with cognition.

I feel that you are the very first person ever making such a statement. Can you provide what's your single best example showing C++'s inexpressiveness and "high impedance with cognition"?

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Re:Fish (shell) porting to Rust from C++ by aldanor on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @07:32AM (#34594273)
Sum types. And/or proper error handling (also related to sum types).
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