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I love C where types are basically a suggestion rather than a rule

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  • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

    yeah, that'll work so long as you don't stash your structs pointers this way. :)

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    honey the codewitch
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    Yeah I try not to point into the stack for longer than the context of the containing function. :laugh:

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    • D den2k88

      Yes to all of that. Elegant and concise. C++ is much more type safe, and yet it became heavy: hard to read and often very hard to write, a bit constrictive. C is absolute freedom, total power... and requires total responsibility.

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      den2k88 wrote:

      C++ is ... hard to read and often very hard to write

      Am I using it wrong, because I've never had these problems?

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        den2k88 wrote:

        C++ is ... hard to read and often very hard to write

        Am I using it wrong, because I've never had these problems?

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        TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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        Funny, I was thinking the same things. But then again, I've encountered code like the OP described. Usually written by electrical engineers.

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        • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

          Funny, I was thinking the same things. But then again, I've encountered code like the OP described. Usually written by electrical engineers.

          #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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          :laugh: You mean C++ that is no more than C or, even worse, FORTRAN?

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            den2k88 wrote:

            C++ is ... hard to read and often very hard to write

            Am I using it wrong, because I've never had these problems?

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            Well, some of the template stuff out there... :wtf:

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            • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

              yeah, that'll work so long as you don't stash your structs pointers this way. :)

              #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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              No problem. Placement new to the rescue! Sorry, wrong language. :laugh:

              Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
              The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

              <p><a href="https://github.com/GregUtas/robust-services-core/blob/master/README.md">Robust Services Core</a>
              <em>The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.</em></p>

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              • H honey the codewitch

                The cast operator is why I can cast my struct directly to an "array" of bytes and stash it in a file. It makes me happy. It's so elegant. So concise. And so dangerous.

                Real programmers use butterflies

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                Super Lloyd
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                the file is also not compatible between architecture to the next! :( i.e. endianess for sure.. but probably computer struct paddings too! :/ though haven't used C in decades, so I am not so sure about that one...

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                  the file is also not compatible between architecture to the next! :( i.e. endianess for sure.. but probably computer struct paddings too! :/ though haven't used C in decades, so I am not so sure about that one...

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                  honey the codewitch
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                  Sometimes that doesn't matter. Sometimes you're writing software dedicated to a particular microcontroller and it expects the thing to be wired a certain way in order to run anyway.

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                  • H honey the codewitch

                    Sometimes that doesn't matter. Sometimes you're writing software dedicated to a particular microcontroller and it expects the thing to be wired a certain way in order to run anyway.

                    Real programmers use butterflies

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                    Super Lloyd
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                    oh well.. yes if consumer and producer is the same one, I guess it's all good! :)

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                    • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                      Well, some of the template stuff out there... :wtf:

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                      When that becomes easy to read, you know you are a real programmer!

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                      • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                        :laugh: You mean C++ that is no more than C or, even worse, FORTRAN?

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                        TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                        Yeah, that too. But yes, c++ that was like trying to interpret sanskrit.

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                        • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                          No problem. Placement new to the rescue! Sorry, wrong language. :laugh:

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                          TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                          Yeah, but that processing the struct after-the-fact. Her technique is great for 'simple' structs.

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                          • H honey the codewitch

                            The cast operator is why I can cast my struct directly to an "array" of bytes and stash it in a file. It makes me happy. It's so elegant. So concise. And so dangerous.

                            Real programmers use butterflies

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                            Jorgen Andersson
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                            I've read this subject line several times now, wanting to point out what's so wrong with it. Anyway, I think you will love Javascript.

                            Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger

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                            • J Jorgen Andersson

                              I've read this subject line several times now, wanting to point out what's so wrong with it. Anyway, I think you will love Javascript.

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                              honey the codewitch
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                              There's a special place in programmer hell for whoever came up with duck typing.

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                              • D Daniel Pfeffer

                                [Program: Shoot in foot](http://www.personal.psu.edu/sxt104/program1.html)

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                                fd9750
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                                The one about Forth is right on the mark. :-D

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                                • H honey the codewitch

                                  The cast operator is why I can cast my struct directly to an "array" of bytes and stash it in a file. It makes me happy. It's so elegant. So concise. And so dangerous.

                                  Real programmers use butterflies

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                                  fd9750
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                                  I have been using C for+/- 32 years and still like it a lot. The fact that yes, you can do anything, does force you to be very careful what you ask for because you will get it. :-\

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                                  • D David ONeil

                                    den2k88 wrote:

                                    C++ is ... hard to read and often very hard to write

                                    Am I using it wrong, because I've never had these problems?

                                    “If we get $100,000, we will go to Potato blockchain.” Enable the dream!

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                                    den2k88
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                                    Neither did I, until I discovered I "was using it wrong" and had some "true C++ programmer" abusing templates lambda functions like there was no tomorrow.

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                                    • D Daniel Pfeffer

                                      [Program: Shoot in foot](http://www.personal.psu.edu/sxt104/program1.html)

                                      Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                                      Rage
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                                      The C++ one is even more accurate when pointers are involved !

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                                      • H honey the codewitch

                                        The cast operator is why I can cast my struct directly to an "array" of bytes and stash it in a file. It makes me happy. It's so elegant. So concise. And so dangerous.

                                        Real programmers use butterflies

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                                        ColinBurnell
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                                        You could always use a union, no need to even cast then (: I wouldn't want to program in C targeting a PC these days; but it is good for 8 & 16 bit embedded work, where you need to get at hardware registers and only have maybe 2K RAM and 16K or 32K ROM.

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                                        • H honey the codewitch

                                          The cast operator is why I can cast my struct directly to an "array" of bytes and stash it in a file. It makes me happy. It's so elegant. So concise. And so dangerous.

                                          Real programmers use butterflies

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                                          Stuart Dootson
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                                          If you were using [fwrite](https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/io/fwrite), you wouldn't even need a cast...

                                          Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

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