From a C background, I still struggle to understand modern C++ code, in part because the complexity level of the code is not being added to, but multiplied.
Templates (for instance) took something I could generally understand, and multiplied the complexity. Keywords relating to templates and generic programming seem to get added every iteration, and most recently we seem to have lambda functions (why?).
As a oprevious poster said, there are now many ways to solve a particular problem in C++. While that is true in most languages, the intent of most programmers is generally directly visible from scanning the code, and (I hope) comments. Not always so with C++.
I still like the language, but it seems to be going the way of PL/1 - too many features. It's always possible to add a feature to a language, very hard to remove it.
Probably a developer's backdoor.
There was allegedly a/etc/passwd backdoor propagated through gcc for many years - a truly legendary hack.
Developers like to leave these so they can back in if something goes wrong (putting a benign spin on it). I've brok a pam config before and wished I had a backdoor...
We do it here (Australia) all of the time - vaccinations are totally optional, but if there is any incidence of a 'certifiable disease' at your (or my...) child's school, and they are not vaccinated, they must stay home. It is irresponsible for their health and the health of others to do otherwise.
I find it morally repugnant to say 'I will not vaccinate my child, as xyz may happen', and then panic over any disease outbreak, or insist on state support and action when such an outbreak occurs.
If you love and care for your children, do your best to protect them. Vaccinate them!
There is some evidence to support this.
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki (Australian science presenter and MD) produces an excellent series of podcasts, and a couple cover exactly this topic.
The presumed mechanism was transplanting intestinal flora/fauna that were more efficient at converting non digestible material (eg, cellulose) into something the body could use.
Number of Gun deaths in USA in 2014 - 12500, including 650 children
Number of Gun murders in USA in 2010 - 8700
Number of Gun murders in UK in 2011 - 58
UK population is 1/5 that of US...
Do the maths guys...
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From a C background, I still struggle to understand modern C++ code, in part because the complexity level of the code is not being added to, but multiplied. Templates (for instance) took something I could generally understand, and multiplied the complexity. Keywords relating to templates and generic programming seem to get added every iteration, and most recently we seem to have lambda functions (why?). As a oprevious poster said, there are now many ways to solve a particular problem in C++. While that is true in most languages, the intent of most programmers is generally directly visible from scanning the code, and (I hope) comments. Not always so with C++. I still like the language, but it seems to be going the way of PL/1 - too many features. It's always possible to add a feature to a language, very hard to remove it.
Probably a developer's backdoor. There was allegedly a /etc/passwd backdoor propagated through gcc for many years - a truly legendary hack.
Developers like to leave these so they can back in if something goes wrong (putting a benign spin on it). I've brok a pam config before and wished I had a backdoor...
We do it here (Australia) all of the time - vaccinations are totally optional, but if there is any incidence of a 'certifiable disease' at your (or my...) child's school, and they are not vaccinated, they must stay home. It is irresponsible for their health and the health of others to do otherwise.
I find it morally repugnant to say 'I will not vaccinate my child, as xyz may happen', and then panic over any disease outbreak, or insist on state support and action when such an outbreak occurs. If you love and care for your children, do your best to protect them. Vaccinate them!
There is some evidence to support this. Dr Karl Kruszelnicki (Australian science presenter and MD) produces an excellent series of podcasts, and a couple cover exactly this topic. The presumed mechanism was transplanting intestinal flora/fauna that were more efficient at converting non digestible material (eg, cellulose) into something the body could use.
Number of Gun deaths in USA in 2014 - 12500, including 650 children Number of Gun murders in USA in 2010 - 8700 Number of Gun murders in UK in 2011 - 58 UK population is 1/5 that of US... Do the maths guys...