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jpc0 on Feb 9, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: 21st Century C++

If you last worked on Pre templates C++ and now need to work on a template heavy codebase you are effectively writing in a different language. I don't think it will be a few weeks of catching up.

DidYaWipe on Feb 11, 2025 [–]

Wow, that must be a very long time ago. Templates were around when I started (if I remember correctly), or soon after.

Which reminds me of something I hate more than header files: macros.

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