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		jamesfinlayson on Nov 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The pool of talented C++ developers is running dry I'm sure there's a quote about their logic - something to do with making it long and annoying to really make you think twice about it.

jupp0r on Nov 3, 2022 [–]

Most people in 2022 have plenty of free bytes on their disks so they don't really care about how long their code is. If you want short code, I can recommend Fortran 77, no identifiers longer than 6 characters allowed.

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