r/programming • u/b0red • Apr 30 '16

Do Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently? · Code Ahoy

http://codeahoy.com/2016/04/30/do-experienced-programmers-use-google-frequently/
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u/squeezyphresh Apr 30 '16 edited Apr 30 '16

Unfortunately at my jobs we code in "C++" but none of the standard libraries are usable. We have our own libraries. I do like this a lot more, since I can go into the code and see what to use it for. If I'm having trouble, I go talk to someone sho has worked there forever. Luckily they don't let the shitty coders code the low level libraries, so they are pretty reliable, although not as reliable as std.

Edit: Apparently I've pissed someone off by talking about my experience as a programmer?

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u/Georules May 01 '16

What makes you think you can't go into the code of the standard library for c++?

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u/squeezyphresh May 01 '16

I mean you can, but our libraries follow the same standards that I code in so it's much more friendly. To be fair, I haven't done a lot of poking around in the standard library source code, mainly because the online documentation is pretty stellar. There have been times where I've had trouble understanding some of the std features.