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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Monday May 22 2017, @06:11PM

    by VLM (445) on Monday May 22 2017, @06:11PM (#513639)

    An interesting analogy for the discussion is polymorphism and C++.

    I can't wrap my head around the syntax of C++ polymorphism. Luckily I haven't used it since school shortly after the turn of the century.

    If I'm driving the conversation unless the topic is hopelessly C++ polymorphism, I can fake it well enough.

    But if someone else is driving the conversation and insists on jumping on the C++ polymorphism train I get lost pretty quick.

    For non-C++ programmers, polymorphism is how C++ programmers invoke Lovecraftian elder gods like Cthulhu. Mostly.

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