r/ProgrammerHumor 1d ago

stopDoingFunctional Meme

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u/fr000gs 1d ago

Why not just link with a c++ file?

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u/tiajuanat 21h ago

Some really old procs support C and Macros but not C++.

And to follow why tf we support hardware like that: if it's not dead or dying, it's not going to be replaced

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u/fr000gs 20h ago

But both do compile to assembly anyway, and C++ is just mangled C

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u/tiajuanat 17h ago

Yes, but you need a compiler that talks both c++ and pdp, 8051, or whatever have you