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_RPM on March 1, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Templating in C

"Just use C++" isn't always an option.

vinay427 on March 1, 2015 [–]

Yep, as Stroustrup said: "I never saw a project for which C was better than C++ for any reason but the lack of a good C++ compiler."

eru on March 1, 2015 | [–]

Linus Torvald disagrees. (His best argument for using C over C++ is to keep the people who prefer C++ over C at bay.)

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