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Confession Of A C/C++ Programmer

I saw this one posted to reddit/r/programming today:
http://robert.ocallahan.org/2017/07/confession-of-cc-programmer.html

I’ve been programming in C and C++ for over 25 years. I have a PhD in Computer Science from a top-ranked program, and I was a Distinguished Engineer at Mozilla where for over ten years my main job was developing and reviewing C++ code. I cannot consistently write safe C/C++ code. I’m not ashamed of that; I don’t know anyone else who can. I’ve heard maybe Daniel J. Bernstein can, but I’m convinced that, even at the elite level, such people are few and far between.

It’s an interesting article, with some thoughtful comments; Totally worth reading, even if just for the reference to the Dunning-Kruger effect

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