Re:The Pragmatic C++ Programmer
by vitaut on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @01:26PM
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Calling C, C++ and Java "the most different programming languages in the world" is, of course, an exaggeration, but it's hard to disagree that the way you write idiomatic code in the three language is completely different.
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As an observation, that's trivial: as an apologia, it's inadequate.
I'm judging the author on what he said, not what other people think he really meant to say. If you change what the author said to be "C, C++ and Java are written in different ways," then sure, the author's right. But that's not what the author wrote, and what the author wrote is unsupportable.
I think you are nitpicking here. There is a figure of speech called "hyperbole" which "the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole).
BTW I don't understand why you refuse to comment on the original post. The author could clarify to you what exactly he meant.