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@MekahimeAkari @lifning "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off". -- Real Stroustrup quote, 1986

It's also fascinating to see that Stroustrup's Rule (see https://www.thefeedbackloop.xyz/stroustrups-rule-and-layering-over-time/) applies to text adventure UIs too. Whilst they have a nice natural language syntax "go west", common commands quickly get abbreviated into something shorter.

C++17 features being discussed: https://m.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/4pmlpz (I'm impressed to see many committee members, even Stroustrup, on the cpp reddit!)