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Re:C and C++ Prioritize Performance over Correctness by jacquesm on Saturday August 19, 2023 @02:27PM (#37191633)
In what year did you start programming professionally and in what languages was that done and on what kind of machines?
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Re:C and C++ Prioritize Performance over Correctness by pjmlp on Sunday August 20, 2023 @02:47AM (#37196813)
Ah, trying a trick question?

In 1992, using a mix of Turbo Pascal, DBase III+ and Clipper on MS-DOS computers, and Novell Netware.

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Re:C and C++ Prioritize Performance over Correctness by jacquesm on Sunday August 20, 2023 @07:23AM (#37198101)
> Ah, trying a trick question?

No, I was just curious. Why would you even think I was trying to trick you? And into what?

You normally make a ton of sense but in this thread I can't follow you and I sense a ton of emotion and projection that are entirely out of character for you.

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