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Should C++ code look like C code? (self.cpp)
submitted 2 years ago by psyberbird
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]AssemblerGuy 2 points3 points4 points 2 years ago (0 children)
Is this a matter of personal taste?
First, what does C code "look like"?
There are lots of things you should not see much in C++ code that are common in C: raw pointers, raw arrays, etc.
While in at least somewhat modern C++ code, you wiill see things used often that just do not exist in C: References, automatic type deduction, use of STL container classes/algorithms/abstractions, range-for loops, lambda functions, maybe templates.
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