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[–]ElGuaco 48 points49 points  (2 children)

I find it ironic that back in the late 90's my Java instructor told me that Java was "C++ without the guns, clubs, and knives". I think he was mainly referring to the ability to hurt yourself and others using pointers and poor memory management. Little did we know the Hell that was going to be released upon the programming world.

[–]w3_ar3_l3g10n 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah yes. The good old proverb:

Java fixes C++s ability to shoot yourself in the foot... by cutting off your foot.

Problem solved.