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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (10 children)
[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 7 points 1 month ago (9 children)

That is why it is loved: it allows you to use ideas/objects the same way as you do as an engineer. Super cool.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (4 children)

yes, but in this particular case I wouldn't want to second guess my decrement operation just happens to also be calling the white house or whatnot. Just make a method.

[–] leo85811nardo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's just life of a C++ programmer: you second guess everything, and there are still optimization you haven't tried, and pitfalls you haven't got into

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