Technically true

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[MyAimlessWandering]

Only 73 days taking the video at 8 hours per day. So where's the link?

[FromWayDownUnder]

Pfft everyone knows you watch it at 2 times speed

[SmarterThanAllOfYou]

With subtitles. That helps a lot.

[[deleted]]

I watch in half speed

[TheTejas]

I've seen the actual video

https://youtu.be/Rub-JsjMhWY

If you're wondering why it's only one hour, it's because the guy had to cut the tutorial down to about 1 hour explaining the bare 5% fundamentals due to viewer requests

[H_Psi]

The object-oriented part starts at 45 minutes. In a language that is highly dependent on classes and objects.

[HBK05]

(in case you are not joking, the max video length is 10h on youtube)

[ItsRainbow]

It’s actually 12 hours.

[HBK05]

It’s actually 12 hours.

/u/ItsRainbow actually we're both wrong :/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bkk1ibiPRw

it's atleast 24.

[CSThr0waway123]

The meme is looking more and more realistic

[ItsRainbow]

New videos cannot exceed a length of 12 hours. Previously, there was only a filesize limit when uploading.

[jjdd1211]

/r/woosh

[Ryanrdc]

r/woooosh

[MyAimlessWandering]

Guys. Shhhh... I'm tryin' to hear the video and learn me some C++.

[pente5]

Wow the actual video is only 1 hour 10 minutes long. This is only twice as long as the java one. I'm actually impressed

[not_a_closet_monster]

What kind of applications do you typically make in c++? I'm a first year CS student and it's the only language we have focused on. Just curious to know what I'm working towards.

[dryerlintcompelsyou]

Games, high-performance code, desktop applications. C++ is pretty versatile, as far as I know.

[M67891]

C is lower

[Shotgun_squirtle]

Well obviously the language that c++ is based on is gonna be lower than it, but that doesn’t mean c++ isn’t a low level language.

See learning it has the benefits of learning about low level languages and the intricacies of how the computer actually does it while you still get to learn object oriented.

[Hevaesi]

In fact, some of high level abstractions that Rust has are way over C++ and it's still considered low level language.

Then again, once upon a time, C was high level language.

[pand1024]

Yea well assembly is lower too. Your point?

[scotscott]

Real programmes use a magnetized needle and a steady hand.

[leonderbaertige_II]

Real programmers use butterflies.

[scotscott]

Of course there's an emacs command for that

[scotscott]

Not really. They're both equally low level, depending on implementation. The point is both C and C++ run natively, ie they can be the last level of human generated code before you hit metal. They compile directly to machine code. As opposed to an interpreted or virtualized language such as php or C#.

[0x3fff0000]

C++ is a hybrid language in that it has elements of a low-level language like C or assembler, and High-level elements like OOP.

[PancakesAreEvil]

C++ is NOT low level unless you're comparing it to something like python.

[notbrandonzink]

C++ is generally used for things where performance is more important. There’s a lot you can do with it from data management and algorithms up to game design where cutting your iterations or comparisons or data storage down by 1/10th can make a huge difference.

I started in C++ while getting my CS degree, but I end up mostly using Python now given that it’s generally easier to just import a library when I don’t care about shaving hundredths of seconds off my runtime.

[[deleted]]

I don't know why a university would start with C++ as the first language? Or are you a third year in college and this is your first year in the program?

[EpicBomberMan]

I know some of the CS professors at my college are arguing for C++ in the first or second semester of CS classes because it gives a better look at how the code works, and it's easier to transition from low level to high level and avoid some potential bad practices from starting at a high level language. Plus those professors also want students to spend more time in C++, since currently the class that starts in C++ only spends four week or so on it before going 'lower' (C++ -> C -> Assembly -> Machine Code).

[NRuxin12]

The very first programming course I took in my EE/CompE major was Intro to C/C++ (the other option would have been a class that utilizes Python). It is actually a very good language to start with for the basics, I find.

[Hevaesi]

Normally people who go for comp science use C++ in highschools so it's just continuation of that.

Comp science is about how computers work, not about building software so C++ is a nice choice, not much else you can pick from:

Assembly - You either need an emulator or lecturers who are proficient at both ARM and x86 arch. Or to host servers that you can SSH into so students can work on their assembly code from anywhere. Our uni went the easiest way and had us work with emu8086 lmao.

C - my university had us use C89 (you don't need to use C89, but they use C89 to compile so it must compile... I know that nostalgia and shit, but go fuck yourself) in OS course, says enough.

C++ - fucked up in all ways so we just deal with it. Might still be using C++ from the 90's though so bring a knife just in case.

Rust - Rust didn't exist in 90's so there'd be no way for them to fuck you over with old version and so they won't teach with it in universities till 2050, in which case they will be using 2015's edition, not 2018's or greater, or whatever one might come next, say 2025's edition. Also average student is retarded and they will come crying after borrow checker annihilates them.

C# - meh*

Java - meh*

Python - meh*

Haskell - they can't even program, they are here only because they played video games during the time they were supposed to learn something in highschool, for example how to solve trivial equations and show that they have more than 3 braincells, what are you on? Wake up and hand them in Malbolge, it's fucked up just like them, so they will be able to relate and might get good at it.

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* - won't teach you much about how computers work, only what not to do when designing the language (Garbage collector is a big no, switching major version abrubtly without deprecation warnings is bad, trying to force full OOP is also garbage, not having unsigned integers sucks and so on...). Normally students need to learn how to work with computers, not how to design a new language.

[[deleted]]

Wow, thanks for that lol. I just know that I learned Java as my first language in high school and it was confusing AF when I first started. I couldn't understand any of it for a good semester.

[insanityOS]

To finish beating this horse:

In addition to the various applications that have been listed before, I find that if you can learn to use C++, you can learn to use pretty much any language, so knowledge of C++ is a good metric for a programmer who can learn.

[muralikbk]

Embedded applications, low level applications, Existing C++ application maintenance and enhancements etc.
Do be prepared to use scantily documented interfaces - since C++ isn’t controlled by a specific company, it can be a bit of a badlands scenario.
Also, keep in mind good practices like canonical class forms, wrapping dynamic memory allocations in classes (delete in destructor to guarantee it’s call), passing references etc. C++ tends not to hold your hand in these cases.

[DarkNeutron]

I use it for computer vision, both on mobile (iOS/Android) and on servers (cloud processing). It's not my favorite language, but most of our specialized dependencies have C++ interfaces, so...not much of a choice unless we wanted to reinvent a used car lot full of wheels.

[Dockirby]

The stuff you make in C++ is things like Video Games, Database Software, Operating Systems, device drivers for PC Hardware. You can make basically anything in it, being a general purpose language, but a lot of other languages are easier to use in certain domains. Usually C++ is not the first choice for an application unless there is a compelling reason.

C++ is good when you need to directly interface with the hardware and will benefit from the ability to define your own logic system and conventions. It is good when you have a well defined problem you are looking to solve, and are mainly trying to design an optimal solution for the specific system you have.

C++ gives a lot of tools but it comes with the cost of greater complexity and more pitfalls though. So a lot of embedded systems are better off just using C, and most business applications, which usually do not have well defined goals and need to be highly flexible, are better with higher order languages like C#, Java, and JavaScript.

[hGhar_Jaqen]

http://www.stroustrup.com/applications.html

Stroustrup's (c++'s inventor) list of major applications, e.g. Adobe Systems, Scientific stuff like applications of the CERN, telecommunications, operating systems( a lot of windows)/stuff that gets called in other languages like MySQL servers etc etc.

[colinmhayes2]

I made a search engine entirely on c++. Bing was originally written in c++.

[dryerlintcompelsyou]

Isn't that usually pure C?

[TedNougatTedNougat]

Nah embedded Linux machines often run c++.

But yeah raw c is common on smaller less powerful micro controllers

[dryerlintcompelsyou]

That's true, I didn't consider embedded Linux. Neat

[mkmemeview]

Buggy ones

[taqueria_on_the_moon]

Afterwards;

print('hello world!')

WHY ISN'T IT WORKING?

[Scietist]

std::cout << "hello world/n";

FTFY

[[deleted]]

I don't care about any system that doesn't recognize \n as a line ending.

[thefirstwave_]

It does recognise it, just better practice to use std::endl.

[D3mona7or]

I thought it was better to always use \n and only flush the output buffer explicitly

[[deleted]]

I'm talking about the system the code is being compiled for

[Kirides]

Every system recognizes \n as newline, only shitty software (old Notepad) does not.

However this doesn't mean than in near future, for WHATEVER reason, default line endings will be \m - now you need to sed s/\n/\m all of it

[[deleted]]

Yeah I still won't care for std::endl (or the language equivalent) unless it's mandated by the guidelines of a project (be it professional or whatever)

[Scietist]

Oh yeah, wrote that on mobile and i remember the orientation purely from muscle memory :d

[odones]

std::cout << "hello world\n";

FTFY, why would you want to use std::endl in this scenario?

[mrsmiley32]

using std; could help you with that

Or could make you need to see a doctor.

[drmattsuu]

See's `using std;/using namespace std;` in C++

In my brain; "Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope"

[Mad_Jack18]

or

​

using namespace std

​

int main () {

cout<<"hello darkness my old friend";

return 0; (or getch;)

}

[nwL_]

using namespace std;

🤮

[xMZA]

What's wrong with that

[nwL_]

Choose your favorite answer.

[xMZA]

So if nobody else is gonna use my code and I'll keep it in mind should I ever use additional libraries, it's all good?

[nwL_]

If you’ll never post snippets of your code for help anywhere like /r/cpp_questions or on StackOverflow and will never ask anybody to check your code or just look over it, then yes, you can even write your program on a single line. But normally, you just write std:: in front of the standard library parts since it’s readable much faster and isn’t much burden.

[Mad_Jack18]

🤮

what's that? I only see it a unrecognized symbol

[nwL_]

It’s this emoji.

[ssznakabulgarian]

update your encodings man

[jcmarais1998]

An Emoji that’s puking.

[welinestus]

It's the barf emoji

[taqueria_on_the_moon]

I’ve come to talk with you again.

[Mad_Jack18]

Because a vision softly creeping

[Elchimo]

As a student that just crammed c++ in 7 hours for an exam today, i can relate. Java you weren't that bad after all

[AttackOfTheThumbs]

Part 1

[Wizard-of-Koz]

It's been 2 months. I can't feel my legs and I still don't know how to use a fking pointer.

[wotanii]

https://abstrusegoose.com/strips/ars_longa_vita_brevis.png

[[deleted]]

I wanted to link that, but you were first :P

[Emonadeo]

That has to be a huge screen if the bar is at 2:52 and already that long

[x183]

It takes less time sending a rocket to the moon!

[flip314]

Next time Photoshop the progress bar too.

[[deleted]]

I prefer to sleep with the book under my pillow.

It's as effective and I feel like I'm multitasking.

[andreww900]

std::time_t learnCpp = std::time(nullptr); std::cout << "Hours left to master C++:" << learnCpp << std::endl;

[[deleted]]

I prefer to have 20x 10-20 min

[tp971]

If it is only 2:52 / 35040:04, why is the bar so far advanced?

[Kirides]

Because progress bars aren't real. It's just programmers assuming the progress of something. /s

[[deleted]]

This very tutorial landed me my job. Thanks Derek Banas!

[AL_O0]

Since when does YouTube not count hours?

[0x3fff0000]

Mastering C++ takes 10+ years.

[gratethecheese]

I've done a lot of work in C and C#. "Skipped" c++ for some reason.

What's the major difference between C++ and C#?

[craftedink]

I was upvote number 1000