Ladies and gentlemen, the C++ FQA Lite!
If you hate C++, you’ll have a great time reading this brilliant and amusing rant that rings just so true. Occasionally you’ll weep when it rings a little bit too true, invoking painful memories.
If you love C++, it’s a big flaming rant, but written with technical competence that easily shadows everything else out there that’s been written on the subject. You can’t claim any knowledge of C++ without having read it. And chances are that it’ll make you not love that sin against all good and just before it’s too late. Just think about it, the author is still trapped inside the warped world of C++, dealing with errors that have defeated everyone else on his team. The FQA is really a desperate cry from inside the asylum for you to stop while you still can. Think about it, you’ll be endlessly happier if you do.
If you don’t care about C++… Well, lucky you. But if you know someone who likes C++ more than they should (that is to say, at all), consider doing them a favour and pointing them to the FQA. Friends don’t let friends use C++.
bi | 29-Oct-07 at 1:34 pm | Permalink
It’s surprising that this FQA’s notion of “debugging” doesn’t seem to go beyond using IDE features and poring through core dumps…
mathrick | 31-Oct-07 at 4:13 pm | Permalink
bi: It mentioned both “debugger” and “symbolic debugger” more than a couple of times, at least that was the case when I read it. Are you sure we’re talking about the same thing?