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Type Punning in C and C++

23 pointsby 1h agoblog.pwkf.org
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35m agoHN ↗

The C vs C++ distinction here is genuinely treacherous

What's so genuine about this?

18m agoHN ↗

Despite the fact they're two different languages, people are often taught as though it's basically just a subset relationship and then they carry this through into the actual software they write.

Because neither of these are memory safe languages, you are required to ensure you've made no mistakes or else anything might happen.

11m agoHN ↗

It continues with

and most blog posts on the topic get it wrong.

This smells like Claudism/LLMish.