the coffee cup is talking
Yours don’t?
the coffee cup is talking
Yours don’t?
Stop comparing programming languages
Python is VERSATILE
JavaScript is POWERFUL
Ruby is ELEGANT
C is ESSENTIAL
C++
Java is ROBUST
Out of all the programming languages, C++ is definitely one of them.
It’s scary until you notice you don’t get banned for disagreeing & challenging their dumbassery (as long as you follow the rules), unlike reddit where the slightest wrong move & it’s BAN BAN BAN. Fuck that place.
It also helps to check which instance a post comes from & adjust your expectations accordingly.
Elisp has a nice notation for maintainably composing regexes like any other programming expression.
Only language I’ve seen offer that.
So instead of "/\\*\\(?:[^*]\\|\\*[^/]\\)*\\*+/"
, the regular expression to match C block comments could be expressed (with inline comments)
(rx "/*" ; Initial /*
(zero-or-more
(or (not (any "*")) ; Either non-*,
(seq "*" ; or * followed by
(not (any "/"))))) ; non-/
(one-or-more "*") ; At least one star,
"/") ; and the final /
This is the web: we can attribute source with link, and the original source in markdown could be quoted without breaking accessibility. The web is built for it.
Text: it’s accessible!