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		raffael_de 16 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The C++ standard for the F-35 Fighter Jet [video] Interesting font choice for the code snippets. I wonder if that's been chosen on a whim or if there is a reason for not going with mono space.

throwaway2037 16 days ago [–]

The font used for code samples looks nearly the same as "The C++ Programming Languages" (3rd edition / "Wave") by Bjarne Stroustrup. Looking back, yeah, I guess it was weird that he used italic variable width text for code samples, but uses tab stops to align the comments!

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