If you think C++ is not overly complicated, just what is a protected abstract virtual base pure virtual private destructor and when was the last time you needed one?
--Tom Cargill
When your hammer is C++, everything begins to look like a thumb
--Steve Halflich
C++ is an atrocity, the bletcherous scab of the computing world, responsible for ... more mysterious failures than any other computer language in the history of the planet earth
--Eric Lee Green
If C++ has taught me one thing, it’s this: just because the system is consistent doesn’t mean it’s not the work of Satan
--Andrew Plotkin
There are only two things wrong with C++: the initial concept and the implementation
--Bertrand Meyer
I saw ‘cout’ being shifted “Hello world” times to the left and stopped right there
--Steve Gonedes
surely there's something to defend:
There are only two kinds of programming languages: those people always bitch about and those nobody uses
--Bjarne Stroustrup
有人就此聊到语言选择与职业生涯,调侃中也有酸甜苦辣:
----职业压力版---------------------------------------------------------------
if (your company's choice != yours)
{
you are virtually dead;
if (you still stick to your own preference && still want to survive)
you'd better start your own company;
}
else
you still need to be fairly good in your skills to survive;
----面对现实版---------------------------------------------------------------
#include <metaphorical_functions.h>
int main()
{
if (youWantToWorkInAParticularLanguage()) {
if (youCantFindReasonableEmploymentUsingYourCurrentSkillset())
learnAnotherLanguage();
else if (youCanStartYourOwnBusiness())
goForIt();
else
starve();
} else {
writeInferiorCode();
}
}
----乐观向上版---------------------------------------------------------------
// Make_A_Living.cpp
...
template<bool> struct CTAssert;
template<> struct CTAssert<true> {};
...
CTAssert<~(YOUR_PREFERENCE^COMPANY_REQUIREMENTS)>();