{"id":166858,"date":"2025-11-18T20:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/the-worst-programming-language-of-all-time\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T20:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:12:07","slug":"the-worst-programming-language-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/the-worst-programming-language-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The worst programming language of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7fGB-hjc2Gc?autoplay=1&#038;controls=1&#038;hl=en\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A little video about C++.<\/p>\n<p>0: 00 Introduction<br \/>\n1: 39 Casting in C++.<br \/>\n2: 47 Keywords<br \/>\n5: 31 Types<br \/>\n7: 02 Different Ways to Do the Same Thing<br \/>\n7: 20 const<br \/>\n8: 20 Formatting and Style<br \/>\n9: 40 Naming Conventions<br \/>\n14: 16 Header Files<br \/>\n20: 28 Namespaces<br \/>\n24: 50 Compile Times<br \/>\n26: 51 Modern C++.<br \/>\n31: 53 C\/C++.<br \/>\n33: 08 C++ Edge Cases<br \/>\n34: 53 Compilers and Build Systems<br \/>\n40: 35 Installing a Library in C++.<br \/>\n46: 13 Package Managers<br \/>\n47: 13 The Windows API<br \/>\n48: 46 The Standard Library<br \/>\n55: 56 New Features<br \/>\n57: 10 Deprecated Features<br \/>\n57: 37 The Fatigue of Starting a New Project<br \/>\n58: 39 C++ GUIs<br \/>\n1: 03: 49 Errors in C++.<br \/>\n1: 04: 31 Templates<br \/>\n1: 10: 30 IDE Problems<br \/>\n1: 14: 58 Quality of Life Problems<br \/>\n1: 16: 50 Serialization in C++.<br \/>\n1: 18: 39 Bad Defaults<br \/>\n1: 23: 46 The Most Ironic Thing About C++.<br \/>\n1: 25: 31 Implicit Conversions<br \/>\n1: 27: 04 Invisible Behavior in C++.<br \/>\n1: 27: 39 The Real Reason Why C++ is Verbose<br \/>\n1: 30: 01 Operator Overloading<br \/>\n1: 32: 09 Ownership and Move Semantics<br \/>\n1: 33: 15 Quirks, Tips, Footguns<br \/>\n1: 36: 19 The Real Reason Why C++ Is Difficult<br \/>\n1: 37: 23 Idioms in C++.<br \/>\n1: 37: 48 Domain Difficulty<br \/>\n1: 38: 43 Memory Safety<br \/>\n1: 41: 11 Undefined Behavior<br \/>\n1: 42: 43 Error Handling in C++.<br \/>\n1: 43: 48 Writing Tests in C++.<br \/>\n1: 47: 04 The Broken Promise of Zero Cost Abstractions<br \/>\n1: 47: 52 The Lack of Performance Oriented Features in C++.<br \/>\n1: 50: 34 The Biggest Lie of C++.<br \/>\n1: 53: 48 The Harsh Reality of C++ Jobs<br \/>\n1: 56: 43 The Final Verdict<br \/>\n1: 58: 32 &#8220;There are only two kinds of languages&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n1: 59: 04 Who Should Learn C++?<br \/>\n1: 59: 51 How Long Does It Take To Learn C++?<br \/>\n2: 00: 40 Pick a Project You&#8217;re Passionate About<br \/>\n2: 00: 55 Why I Write C++.<br \/>\n2: 01: 46 Terrible Reasons To Learn C++.<br \/>\n2: 02: 18 How To Learn C++.<br \/>\n2: 03: 07 The Final Lesson of C++.<br \/>\n2: 03: 37 Rust<br \/>\n2: 08: 44 Is C++ Dying?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little video about C++. 0: 00 Introduction 1: 39 Casting in C++. 2: 47 Keywords 5: 31 Types 7: 02 Different Ways to Do the Same Thing 7: 20 const 8: 20 Formatting and Style 9: 40 Naming Conventions 14: 16 Header Files 20: 28 Namespaces 24: 50 Compile Times 26: 51 Modern C++. 31: 53 C\/C++. 33: 08 C++ Edge Cases 34: 53 Compilers and Build Systems 40:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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