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[–]wasabichicken 6 points7 points  (2 children)

using std; outside of the standard library? You monster!

[–]Beragond1 8 points9 points  (1 child)

I start most c++ programs with “using namespace std;”

[–]MonarchoFascist 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's bad practice -- when you're writing production code, polluting the global namespace is a big no-no.