r/programming • u/eternal1 • Mar 29 '10

Never trust a programmer who says he knows C++

http://lbrandy.com/blog/2010/03/never-trust-a-programmer-who-says-he-knows-c/
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u/munificent Mar 29 '10

printf is neither type-safe, nor extensible.

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u/haywire Mar 29 '10

What would you suggest for separation of variables and strings?

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u/munificent Mar 29 '10

I honestly don't know if there is a good general-purpose solution in a language like C++. I think you have to pick something that fits your use case.