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Miguel de Icaza

@migueldeicaza

Jun 19, 2020

Not only do I hate C++, C++ is very well aware of this, and the compiler is being passive-aggressive about it.

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I love it when the compiler prevents me from deploying things that might otherwise blow in my face.

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I wonder just how bad an "off by one" error would be at the LHC.

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"Today the LHC discovered 482 new subatomic particles in an amazing advance for quantum mechanics." "Uhhh Jim -- arrays start at 0 not 1. All this data is fucked."

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Well, it does happen. Esp. when physical hardware parts are enumerated and their representation in software is enumerate()d.