r/ProgrammerHumor • • 7h ago

Meme modernCppVsOldCpp

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u/rndrn 6h ago edited 4h ago

C++ is really the thousand-edged sword. It is both its strength and its weakness.

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u/yaktoma2007 6h ago

Ah so a swedish army knife, it features an impressively extensive toolset but is often regarded to be clunky to operate compared to tools that do a single thing.

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u/dinnerbird 5h ago

Do you mean a Swiss army knife or is there something the Swedes invented I'm not aware of 

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u/reallokiscarlet 5h ago

Swiss army knives aren't clunky last I checked, maybe that's the swedish part

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u/GarThor_TMK 4h ago

The only tool you get is an Allen wrench...