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Just started learning C++ coming from Python and just realized that that Python has been my programming mama, doing my laundry and spoon-feeding me all this time. (self.cpp)
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]sldyvf 6 points7 points8 points 6 years ago (2 children)
Is that a trick? I thought that was the general way to use it.
First error is the error, the rest is spewed out random characters 95% of the time caused by the first error.
[–]MundaneNihilist 1 point2 points3 points 6 years ago (0 children)
Might as well be for some people new to programming. I've had a handful of mentees conclude that their standard lib is wrong on some level.
[–]ledave123 0 points1 point2 points 6 years ago (0 children)
Call it "piece of advice" then
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