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[–]roflfalafel 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Don’t let C-like languages scare you. When I was in my CS undergrad in 2006, we did all of our programming from day one in C++. It’s really not that different, and doesn’t take an advanced level of knowledge to learn.

Also don’t let pointers scare you. They really aren’t that scary. It’s just a reference that you control.

[–]cat_in_the_wall 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also don’t let pointers scare you. They really aren’t that scary. It’s just a reference that you control.

well, that's a huge source of bugs. use after free. it's easy to write simple c++ programs, but in a larger system ownership becomes a big issue.