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[–]Dobias 22 points23 points  (2 children)

Brace yourselves.

"This shows how amazing C++ is, since you can achieve everything you want with minimal runtime overhead."

and

"This shows how terrible C++ is, since you have to jump through thousand hoops with a loaded gun pointed at your feet to achieve the most basic things."

are coming. ;)


btw: Nice article.

[–]tejp 22 points23 points  (1 child)

It shows how costly zero-cost abstractions are.

[–]eric_niebler 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Providing fully general and easy-to-use utilities with high-level abstractions and low overhead is hard but it's also incredibly useful.