"static" keyword is so bad. I want separate one for "global data" and "static linking/functions".
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Replying to @HookTM
@GrumpyHook@aras_p That's not why at all. New keywords are avoided because they break old code that was using the keyword as an identifier.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nothings
@nothings@GrumpyHook@aras_p Except they weren't avoided at all, of course (eg., "class", even though it is 100% unnecessary).1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@nothings@aras_p 'avoided' isn't the same thing as 'banned'1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HookTM
@GrumpyHook@nothings@aras_p But they _didn't even avoid it_. If they were avoiding it, they would have just used "struct".2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@nothings@aras_p every time they overloaded an existing keyword, they avoided it right? Pretty sure D&E talks about this.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@GrumpyHook @nothings @aras_p Like everything else Stroustrup did, he thought he was doing something, but he was actually just fucking up.
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