Death to C - Hackdot

Re:Death to C by DougMerritt on Saturday May 02, 2015 @01:22PM (#9477772)

> As a hacker rather than programmer, I am pretty much stuck on the C train, so any distaste for C++ is reactionary and not borne of actual programming experience

Please; "hacker" does not mean "inexperienced amateur", as you seem to imply it means here. The typical meaning is close to the opposite:

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html

As to C++, it has undeniable positives as well as undeniable negatives (according to plenty of experienced professionals).

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Re:Death to C by christianbryant on Saturday May 02, 2015 @02:56PM (#9478108)

I wasn't implying that meaning in the slightest. Just establishing that I am not a trained programmer nor a computer scientist. Poorly composed turn of phrase, I guess.

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Re:Death to C by DougMerritt on Saturday May 02, 2015 @07:44PM (#9479022)

And yet when I correct your terminology with a cited reference, I collect a couple of downvotes.

This is why it is unpleasant to correct objective errors on the internet.

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Re:Death to C by christianbryant on Saturday May 02, 2015 @09:57PM (#9479454)

That's not right. In fact, I learned a great deal from this exchange, did some reading and referenced more folks who feel the same as you. Up vote from me - I appreciate it.

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Re:Death to C by DougMerritt on Saturday May 02, 2015 @10:01PM (#9479461)

Glad you learned, and thank you.

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Re:Death to C by asveikau on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @02:34PM (#9494102)

My experience with downvotes here is that all sorts of rational thought is unpopular with HN readers. They want you to be young, clueless, passive-aggressive and false-modest like them, and they are threatened when you are not displaying these traits. Take the downvotes as a badge of honor and don't get too caught up.

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