TheWorstCoderEver doesn't know C++. At all.

TheWorstCoderEver · Post by **TheWorstCoderEver** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:08 pm

Hi,

Many a year has passed since The Worst Coder Ever haunted this forum, and many things have happened in his life since. He got a job, learned PHP, wrote a web application in PHP as a part of his job, he became an assistant webmaster sort of of a public portal. Lately he had a bit more time to spare, so he decided to refresh his C++ skills. And then he realized the awful truth - he doesn't even know the basics of C++!

Switching to first-person mode.

I admit I've had little experience manipulating strings in C++. The first time I did anything that had to do with string parsing and concatenation was in PHP and Java. The problem, as I found today, was that I didn't know the size_t type, and once I found it I wrote a working parser for the config file. But it doesn't stop there.

According to the reply I've got on the Devmaster forums (http://www.devmaster.net/forums/showthread.php?t=12645) I'm completely unfamiliar with the C and C++ concepts such as: templates, singletons, classes, objects, pointers, references, dereferences, namespaces etc. The post implies that I'm am completely, but completely ignorant of them. Ok, I admit that working with a scripting language that doesn't enforce strict type checking can make you unlearn some behaviors, but I didn't know that I've completely unlearned the very first language I started to program in!

Sorry for me being nervous in this post. I blame it on stressful job.

xDan · Post by **xDan** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:45 pm

Just start coding your MMORPG or whatever, you'll pick up C++ as you go along

TheWorstCoderEver · Post by **TheWorstCoderEver** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:12 pm

Oh, sure.

So you're trying to tell me that the guys at devmaster didn't get the joke?

You know, before I went offline for a year or two I used to make jokes about people who actually wanted to make MMORPGs. So I decided to post one at my comeback.

Bad choice, it turned out. Very bad choice.

BlindSide · Post by **BlindSide** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:42 pm

TheWorstCoderEver wrote:completely unfamiliar with the C and C++ concepts such as: ... singletons

Maybe this one is for the best.

Dorth · Post by **Dorth** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:03 pm

Singletons are extremely useful, when used in moderation and at the appropriate place. It's the same with assembly coding. If you code random part in assembly, you're just going to make your app worst. But if you've targeted a one in a million place where you have both a possible improvement and a bottleneck, then assembly can be good. It's all a question of context.

Seven · Post by **Seven** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:08 pm

whew...... can we discuss straight C vs C++ now?

BlindSide · Post by **BlindSide** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:04 am

Seven wrote:whew...... can we discuss straight C vs C++ now?

Yeah, why don't we argue over tabs vs spaces while we're at it.

TheWorstCoderEver · Post by **TheWorstCoderEver** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:19 am

BlindSide wrote:
TheWorstCoderEver wrote:completely unfamiliar with the C and C++ concepts such as: ... singletons
Maybe this one is for the best.

I can see that you fell in my trap, BlindSide. I perfectly knew that singletons are a design pattern that is not exclusive to C++, but nevertheless decided to check whether there are people on the forum who are mean enough to laugh at my staged mistake. Got one so far.

piiichan · Post by **piiichan** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:06 pm

TheWorstCoderEver, you're too good. Love the sarcastic style

But you must understand: words like "design", "c++" or "linux" are evil words. They make people nervous.

Mirror · Post by **Mirror** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:13 pm

BlindSide wrote:
Seven wrote:whew...... can we discuss straight C vs C++ now?
Yeah, why don't we argue over tabs vs spaces while we're at it.

tabs FTW

twilight17 · Post by **twilight17** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:49 pm

Mirror wrote:
BlindSide wrote:
Seven wrote:whew...... can we discuss straight C vs C++ now?
Yeah, why don't we argue over tabs vs spaces while we're at it.
tabs FTW

nothing FTW

Code: Select all

#include<iostream>int main(){using std::cout;cout << "lol";return 0;}

Seven · Post by **Seven** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:11 pm

ILikeit.Ireallydontseewhyweusesomanydifferentspacersinourlanguageanyways.Alltheydoismakethingsmoremessy:)

rogerborg · Post by **rogerborg** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:44 pm

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BlindSide · Post by **BlindSide** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:59 pm

TheWorstCoderEver wrote:
BlindSide wrote:
TheWorstCoderEver wrote:completely unfamiliar with the C and C++ concepts such as: ... singletons
Maybe this one is for the best.
I can see that you fell in my trap, BlindSide. I perfectly knew that singletons are a design pattern that is not exclusive to C++, but nevertheless decided to check whether there are people on the forum who are mean enough to laugh at my staged mistake. Got one so far.

I just don't want anyone catching singletonitis.

TheWorstCoderEver · Post by **TheWorstCoderEver** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:51 am

I just don't want anyone catching singletonitis.

Worry not for reasons two:

1) An advanced Zen practitioner am I, to enlightenment very close, and the mental attachements hold sway over me longer not

2) My kung fu and chi very strong are, and my inner systems likewise are immune very, and the disease however strong can touch me not.

Namaste

TheWorstCoderEver, programmer-artist.