It's hard to get a man to understand something when his salary (or hobby or self-image) depends on his not understanding it.
Re:C++ creator rebuts White House warning
by GrumpySloth on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @12:27AM
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It’s probably not a coincidence that he’s the author of the famous quote that may and is often used to deflect any and all criticism of a programming language.
Although that's not much of a defense when he was the one who invented the wrong ways to use it.