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		noonespecial on June 1, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My GF learned to code in 3 months. This is what sh... Managing memory and using low-level system functions is only advanced when the problem at hand requires it. Otherwise its yak-shaving. It would be like digging a pool with a spoon because you're too bad-ass for shovels.

Aftershock21 on June 1, 2012 [–]

I totally agree. I would not write web services in C++ unless I have only one computer and million users.

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