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Why learn C? (O'Reilly Radar)

Why learn C? (O'Reilly Radar)

Posted Jul 10, 2012 4:11 UTC (Tue) by smitty_one_each (subscriber, #28989)
In reply to: Why learn C? (O'Reilly Radar) by landley
Parent article: Why learn C? (O'Reilly Radar)

"For exatra fun: templates are turing complete _at_compile_time_, which means there's no way to prove a C++ compilation using templates will ever finish."

I mostly think you're making a good, substantial case in this article, but the hyperbole blunts the argument.
How much theorem proving have you _ever_ done with code, irrespective of language?


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