If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
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C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off.
Permalink to quote #11 'There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful--many more'.
Permalink to quote #13 People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't.
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