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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 80 points 3 months ago (43 children)

This graph cuts off early. Once you learn that pointers are a trap for noobs that you should avoid outside really specific circumstances the line crosses zero and goes back into normal land.

[–] lazyneet@programming.dev 16 points 3 months ago (15 children)

I've been using C++ almost daily for the past 7 years and I haven't found a use for shared_ptr, unique_ptr, etc. At what point does one stop being a noob?

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This guy probably still uses a char*.

What have you been using it daily for? arduino development? I’m hoping no company still lives in pre C++17 middle ages.

[–] Sasquatch@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

My company still uses c90. I just want to for(uint8 i = 0;;) 🥹

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