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C++ Moment (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by devilish666@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And C/C++ are like that by design. Compiled languages were new and the developers were afraid additional checks would decrease performance. It was certainly performant in racing toward a crash.

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 months ago

And C/C++ are like that by design. Compiled languages were new and the developers were afraid additional checks would decrease performance.

If you have a credible citation showing that was what guided K&R's decisions, I think you should post it.