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A video arguing C++ is the worst programming language to ever exist (youtu.be)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de to c/programming@programming.dev

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Found this gem. A single well made video in a channel. The Channel owner probably made this channel just to house one video I guess.

I havent watched it all the way through but it seems to have alot of substance. By the looks of it the guy probably has spent atleast a year developing professionally in C++ and is pretty pissed to make that video as a ventfest

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[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It’s perfectly possible for a slice of pie to be pleasant, and a slice of pie with ice cream to be more pleasant.

In my personal opinion though, that's not how I would describe Javascript vs. Typescript. Javascript was basically replaced overnight, to the point where you should be very harshly criticized for ever using it these days unless you're maintaining a legacy project.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, we're describing it the same way. A slice of pie with ice cream is preferable unless you don't have ice cream available.

If you want to go on a rant about JavaScript then just do so, stop trying to goad someone into an argument about it.

[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm not trying to goad you into an argument, though I could have admittedly phrased things better. I just can't think of any reason why someone would want adopt Javascript as it is with all of its problems. A slice of pie is better than nothing at all. On the other hand, using Javascript when a much better alternative exists (namely Typescript) would be a significant liability in my opinion.

In fact, pretty much everyone on our front-end team at work would agree too - they're pretty much unanimous in saying that Javascript should basically never be used.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I wholeheartedly agree that TypeScript effectively supercedes JavaScript if you're starting a new project.

JavaScript is still not the most unpleasant language to use though.