evtujo comments on Positive Bias Test (C++ program) - Less Wrong

26 Post author: MBlume 19 May 2009 09:32PM

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Comment author: evtujo 23 May 2009 04:42:33AM 2 points [-]

I wonder if I'm the only person here so biased, but when you wrote that you used c++ my instant and curiously strong reaction was: why would you use c++ on something like that? that's obviously a python (or similar language) type project.

i'm working on forgiving you.

Comment author: MBlume 16 December 2011 07:37:25PM 4 points [-]

I learned C++ in high school and didn't make an effort to learn anything different in college or grad school. I now make a living as a python programmer, and if I had to write this again, I wouldn't consider C++ for half a second =)

Comment author: Bugmaster 16 December 2011 07:48:17PM 0 points [-]

I learned C++ in high school as well (before STL became widespread, get off my lawn), and regret it. I'd rather program in raw assembly than in C++. Ok, ok, in practical terms I use plain old C when I need some piece of code to be small and fast, but still. C++ is like the crazy uncle of programming. No one will come to your birthday party just because he might be there.