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>But that's not my experience with C++; only using a subset makes you vulnerable to all the problems associated with not understanding the actual language that is implemented, not just the subset you wanted it to be.

The real problem is your simple subset is often built with the very difficult features your attempting to avoid using. So by running from complexity you just embrace it, but don't learn that you're actually working with virtual templated necromancy until 2-3 months later when you try to extent the production code base.



Yeah, the stuff it tries to hide from you is often exactly the stuff you need to know.




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