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EDIT: I see some comments saying the Mastodon post didn't add anything to it. I agree!

I am a little new to posting so I thought it was polite to include the source.

It was late and at first glance my sleepy mind thought they just saw these two images coincidentally side by side on their phone. Not like it was just a single meme. LOL

Here's the raw image for fellow meme collectors. :)

Original link: https://chaos.social/@gsuberland/116037932568933433

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[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 4 points 1 day ago

Not specific functions, but as said elsewhere, the language is a mine field that too many joyfully walk upon.

Look up e.g. pointer aliasing. I'd bet most of my colleagues don't have a clue about that (not a risky bet given the crap they write). Thankfully compiler writers know the majority of their users are too lazy to learn the stupid standard in this case (I don't blame them). But not necessarily in other ones.

C++ is a tool designed for expert but used by everyone's Grandma, with the results you could expect.