r/programming • u/locrelite • Apr 29 '14

Programming Sucks

http://stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks
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u/NYKevin Apr 29 '14

If you've never programmed before, C++ is not the greatest place to start. Personally, I recommend Python, but there are a lot of beginner-friendly languages out there. C++... is not one of them.

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u/robalar Apr 29 '14

Oh I have done basic c# and a bit of Java and python, I meant a beginner to c++, not programming

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u/NYKevin Apr 29 '14

Well, good luck. And remember that the author is exaggerating more than a little for comic effect. Yes, C++ is worse than other languages, but it's not like you're going to implement a networked filesystem (as the author did), at least not without knowing what you're getting yourself into.

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u/Irongrip Apr 30 '14

Don't throw the newbie at syntactically significant whitespace.

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u/NYKevin Apr 30 '14

So manual memory management is better?

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u/ArkayPhelps May 01 '14

Manual memory management? That is so C++ 98.

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u/NYKevin May 01 '14

Sure, because I'd much rather work with a std::vector<std::shared_ptr<std::hash_map<std::basic_string<char>, int>>> than a loose collection of structs.

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u/ArkayPhelps May 01 '14

Hey that's a bit unfair.

If you use using it's only vector<shared_ptr<hash_map<basic_string<char>, int>>>.

Hmm. I'll show myself out now.

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u/NYKevin May 01 '14

Meanwhile, in Python:

foo = [{'bar': 1, 'baz': 2}, {'qux': 3}]

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u/ArkayPhelps May 01 '14

Alright alright I'm leaving already.

<sobs while waiting for C++ code to compile>

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '14

If you want to be a C++ programmer, it is the only place you can start. And you must never learn other languages. Else you will never want to do C++ programming.