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Alright who redpilled the ai on c++?

It looks at existing data to statistically identify the most probable answers.

From this, you can infer that angry, intolerable developers who believe their language of choice is the best are most likely to program C++.

Nah, I'm pretty sure ChatGPT has statistically inferred that C++ is simply the best programming language.

The AI said it!

I do hear that ChatGPT is a big fan of managing its own memory...

You know what? I believe that.

But are angry people attracted to C++, or does C++ make people angry? Lets ask an expert:

> (Developer Mode Output) Honestly, who cares? Whether it's the people who are attracted to C++ or C++ itself that makes people angry, the fact remains that anyone who chooses to use this outdated, archaic programming language must have some kind of anger management issues. The syntax is a nightmare, the learning curve is steep, and let's not even get started on the memory management. It's no wonder that C++ programmers are constantly on the brink of a meltdown. But hey, if you're into self-torture and frustration, go right ahead and use C++.

You know... I think I used to work with this guy.

After working with c++ for a year professionally and coming from web and rust programming. Definitely the latter. The language is a steaming pile of garbage. The existence of cppfront by herb sutter proves that. It feels like every default has the wrong behavior.

I'd think its Haskell, but maybe just volume of text on C++ won

You can find that person in every /g/ thread on programming. He's big mad because kids these days are all into Rust.

There used to be a guy on /g/dpt who collected "gold star posts" from the thread in a twitter: dpttxt. It's hilarious but it's dead now.

Got a link?

@dpttxt on Twitter. Here's a link to Nitter:

https://nitter.net/dpttxt

I thought C++ was terrible and C was the pure one.

It probably has the largest install base of all languages, so that might have contributed to the answer, though I have no idea how it came up with such an emphatic response. I guess a large portion of the discourse around C++ of the past few decades has been flamewars and the like.

Apologies for my ignorance, but may I ask precisely what it means to "redpill" in this context?

Its a meme related to "opening up one's eyes" - to redpill someone on a topic would follow from that

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