Though if it's a signed number a large enough value can become a negative.

The value of c is a large constant so I guess it's always meaningless.

I may have missed the joke but C++ doesn't have built in garbage collector. Even recent versions of the standard merely allow it but don't specify it is required.

no that's the other c-and-four-lines, just arranged differently, the |||| are arranged in # for the garbage collected one, not ++

More like garbage dispenser.

Pro C++ coders don't use delete, they call abort()

Did you forget the /s or is this the tactic where you intentionally post wrong statements in order to get people to correct you so that you learn something?

C++ doesn't have a garbage collector

To be fair, an hour long video about why C++ sucks maybe isn't the best source if you're trying to get a balanced view.

I'll out myself: I kind of like C++. Yes, it definitely has its sharp edges, but I like how much you can do with it. You can do object oriented, functional, procedural, in fact there's not much it can't do. You can stay high level or you can go very low level (pretty much just drop into C if necessary). Yes, it's complex, but once you have a decent feel for it you can do a massive amount with it, especially with the newest versions. And that despite it running on bare metal without any VM or anything. Probably the most frustrating part for me is that the standard library is in many cases stuck with old C++ paradigms. But otherwise, I like C++.

Just hope the gun isn't in c++ otherwise it will blow off the shooters hand too.

I love that video but I also love C++. He is right that C++ has an endless list of moderately bad to horrible design flaws, but a lot of those are related to features that you can (in many cases) simply decide not to use. So you don't really need to master them and I'd bet that the majority of C++ developers are unaware of many issues raised in the video and in the end their software still works to an acceptable degree. To me the main advantage of C++ over any other language is that it is widely used in really cool applications. Of course it's subjective what's a cool application and what isn't, but I recommend just typing C++ into a job search website of your choice and contrasting the results with those of other languages to see what I mean.

If you're interested in the language, it's good to be aware of all these issues, but don't let it discourage you from learning the basics and contextualizing these issues for yourself.

Genuine question:

Would you have a reccomendation for a comparable alternative?

Like, I have experience with a good deal of scripting languages, sql variants... am currently trying to do Morton coding/interleaving for octrees in Godot.

I have the framework working in GDScript... theoretically, if its not performant enough, i could either attempt to transition it to C++ / GDExtension... or, potentially, I could do a 'Rustdot' type thing, apparently its possible to... do that.

So, while I am only really aware of Rust as a potential alternative to C++, in my specific context... would you have a broader opinion of lower level languages? I just actually don't know much about them.

No, it's just incremented

Found the non programmer

Its pronounced C double plus because its doubleplusgood.

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Decades to learn sounds kind of long, indeed.