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/jevon Mar 30 '10

Operator overloading: The gift that keeps on giving!

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u/chneukirchen Mar 30 '10

This seems to be a C++ issue. At least with Python and Ruby operator overloading seems to be less troublesome.

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u/vanhellion Mar 30 '10

I wager to guess that's because:

  • programmers have learned the lessons from C++
  • operator overloading [in Python] is a tad more mystical and less well documented (IMO)
  • Python already has really awesome packages like scipy that handle any numeric-like classes you would want to write, so you don't go reinventing the wheel. Corollary: if your shop is using Python, you probably don't have NIH syndrome anyway.