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The Ten Worst C++ Design Choices

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Re: The Ten Worst C++ Design Choices

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If the first thing that the blogger thought out as the leading "worst C++ design choice" is zero-based indexing, this is a clear tell that the blog has nothing of value to add.

Having used both 1-based and 0-based. Even started on 1-based with Matlab. 0-based indexing is my preferred!

Re: The Ten Worst C++ Design Choices

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Many bad decisions exist in language design. These are the incorrect ones as they are the same "C++ complexity" complaining that is part of the language design; extensible to the maximum level allowed to the coder.