11mo ago

“C has known memory footguns. C++, due to its complexity, has footnukes.” - Hacker News comment

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The quote is a derivative of something Bjarne Stroustrup said himself¹.
C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off
1: https://www.stroustrup.com/quotes.html
- A citation with a superscript number reference in a comment? Impressive.
- Makes sense C++ makes everything harder
I need a fact check on that first image please
- That is real https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3268091/elderly-woman-china-defies-death-after-using-hand-grenade-hammer-20-years
- https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3268091/elderly-woman-china-defies-death-after-using-hand-grenade-hammer-20-years
  https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2024/06/27/elderly-woman-in-china-defies-death-after-using-hand-grenade-as-hammer-for-20-years-stuns-mainland-police-and-social-media
  Found these two articles, seems legit
- You're more cautious with a meme than that lady with a grenade.
- Here is a start for you: https://www.msn.com/ko-kr/news/world/20%EB%85%84%EA%B0%84-%EC%88%98%EB%A5%98%ED%83%84%EC%9D%84-%EB%A7%9D%EC%B9%98%EB%A1%9C-%EC%8D%A8%EC%98%A8-%ED%95%A0%EB%A8%B8%EB%8B%88%EC%97%90-%E4%B8%AD-%ED%99%94%EB%93%A4%EC%A7%9D/ar-BB1oYj9a
  It's all Korean URL encoding in that link, btw. Here is a screenshot anyway.
  
  Thanks for including the screenshot!
pretty much any software made by @dosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.org is a ticking time bomb regardless of language tbh
Was it a sudden realization? Did it make a big big noise?

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