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C++ is hard (Google game)

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Mr Flibble

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Jan 26, 2014, 3:12:43 PM1/26/14
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Google: "Why is [language] so..."
Javascript: popular
Java: popular
Python: popular
Perl: ugly
R: slow
Ruby: slow
Fortran: fast
C++: hard

/Flibble

woodb...@gmail.com

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Jan 26, 2014, 3:26:07 PM1/26/14
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Duckduckgo says C++ is fast and complicated:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22why+is+C%2B%2B+so%22

Brian
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http://webEbenezer.net

Öö Tiib

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Jan 26, 2014, 3:51:38 PM1/26/14
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I typed the text and google suggested first in drop down:

Javascript: why is javascript v8 so fast
Java: why is javascript so popular
Python: why is python documentation so bad
Perl: why is perl 6 taking so long
R: why is runescape so laggy
Ruby: why is ruby on rails so popular
Fortran: why is fortran so fast
C++: why is c++ called so

Not sure how google guesses what i want to ask.

Mr Flibble

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Jan 26, 2014, 4:10:43 PM1/26/14
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You are not playing the game properly.

Google: "Why is [thing] so"

Don't put anything in-between [thing] and "so".

/Flibble

Paavo Helde

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Jan 26, 2014, 4:26:03 PM1/26/14
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Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVE...@i42.co.uk> wrote in
news:Xo6dnZ9Z14ai8XjP...@giganews.com:

> Google: "Why is [language] so..."
> C++: hard

To keep us entertained, of course!

Vir Campestris

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Jan 26, 2014, 4:26:15 PM1/26/14
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On 26/01/2014 20:26, woodb...@gmail.com wrote:
> Duckduckgo says C++ is fast and complicated:
>
> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22why+is+C%2B%2B+so%22

Google tells _me_ it's also hard and popular.

Your answers may vary.

Andy

woodb...@gmail.com

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Jan 26, 2014, 5:08:51 PM1/26/14
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On Sunday, January 26, 2014 3:26:15 PM UTC-6, Vir Campestris wrote:
> On 26/01/2014 20:26, woodb...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Duckduckgo says C++ is fast and complicated:
> >
> > https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22why+is+C%2B%2B+so%22
>
> Google tells _me_ it's also hard and popular.
>

I think you mean C++ when you say "it's." Duckduckgo
also said those things. I was just giving a summary
of the top two things it came back with.

Richard Damon

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Jan 26, 2014, 5:18:46 PM1/26/14
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On 1/26/14, 3:51 PM, 嘱 Tiib wrote:

> Not sure how google guesses what i want to ask.
>

If you haven't asked Google a question like this (at least that Google
can match to you now), Google will look at what other people have
entered as search strings. It may also weight them by how similar it
thinks those people are to you.

woodb...@gmail.com

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Jan 26, 2014, 5:52:08 PM1/26/14
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On Sunday, January 26, 2014 4:18:46 PM UTC-6, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 1/26/14, 3:51 PM, Öö Tiib wrote:
>
>
> If you haven't asked Google a question like this (at least that Google
> can match to you now), Google will look at what other people have
> entered as search strings. It may also weight them by how similar it
> thinks those people are to you.

I prefer privacy --

http://donttrack.us/

Mr Flibble

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Jan 26, 2014, 6:04:50 PM1/26/14
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On 26/01/2014 22:52, woodb...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, January 26, 2014 4:18:46 PM UTC-6, Richard Damon wrote:
>> On 1/26/14, 3:51 PM, 嘱 Tiib wrote:
>>
>>
>> If you haven't asked Google a question like this (at least that Google
>> can match to you now), Google will look at what other people have
>> entered as search strings. It may also weight them by how similar it
>> thinks those people are to you.
>
> I prefer privacy --
>
> http://donttrack.us/
>
> Brian
> Ebenezer Enterprises
> http://webEbenezer.net

What dirty little secrets are you hiding?

/Flibble

woodb...@gmail.com

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Jan 26, 2014, 8:38:55 PM1/26/14
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On Sunday, January 26, 2014 5:04:50 PM UTC-6, Mr Flibble wrote:
>
> What dirty little secrets are you hiding?
>

I don't have herpes. A lot of people are nosy and
don't mind their own business.
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