When you're trying to apply some algorithm and are thinking maybe there is some code you could snatch for it, do you google C++ code to cut and paste? (do you literally put "c++" / "c++ example" etc into a google query), and try to find someone who has written exactly that code sample)?
I mean for esoteric sorts, filters, running averages, HyperLogLog, etc.
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You should be looking at other peoples code. You'll learn a lot more, and faster. As not everyone thinks the same, you might see some solution you haven't thought of, or a concept which you have to go learn even more to understand.
Oh, and if you copy code, at least ensure you put a comment with it containing a link to the source of it, with the Authors name if applicable, so others can search for documentation and such.
Also remember, under copyright law, any code without a licence or copyright info is not usable. So if your Arduino hobby makes you a million, ensure none of the unlicensed stuff remains in your code.
I will take code from other places, but not as a blind copy and paste. I'll only use a piece of code if I can understand how it works and what each line does. If not, I'll study up before I take it. The surest route to disaster in coding is stitching together a bunch of code you don't understand.
No. If I am looking for randomly written code through Google (or whatever) I do not put c++ in the search terms. I use the word "arduino" instead. Now this may support your contention that "arduino" is a language onto itself, or at least a dialect. (yep, I suspect that you are a linguist) It does not.
The search term "arduino" will return sources that mention the term or that are closely associated with the term. As Arduino programs are written in C++, the results will heavily favor C++ code. Additionally the presumed hardware (as most projects are hardware projects, using software only as a necessary evil - well, maybe evil is too strong a term) of such a search will mostly be Arduino projects, that I can reproduce on my Arduino equipment without much trouble.
If there were a language that I could use, other than C++ for an uploadable, runable, Arduino sketch, then I would surely love to use it! (Just for you know, the thrill.) There is no reason it could not be done* but so far, I have not seen it.
*I am aware of Forth interpreters that can be loaded onto an Arduino board. I have not yet been successful in getting one of those to run in a way that I can use it.
I mean for esoteric sorts, filters, running averages, HyperLogLog, etc.
You might be surprised at how rare it is to actually use those sorts of things...
I spent essentially an entire career without using floating point.
If I want cut-and-paste code for an Arduino, I search for Arduino. For cut and paste, you need to be as specific about the target environment as possible. For example, there is GitHub - WestfW/ArduScan: ArduScan is a windows program that passively scans the COM ports on a system looking for ones that are likely to be Arduinos is C++ for windows that has some pretty-much cut&pasted code, and when I was searching for how it might be done, I sure as heck included "windows" in the search terms and not just C++ (clearly showing that it was written in "Windows system development language", and not "just C++"; I wonder why they bother calling it C++? :-; )
If I want an implementation of a fancy algorithm, I usually don't specify a language, nor do I expect cut-and-paste level code. This is one reason that someone who wants to be a "programmer" needs to understand several different languages.
curious48:
(do you literally put "c++" / "c++ example" etc into a google query)
No. I literally use "cplusplus" but only search for C++ source to check syntax or find standard library functions. I never c&p verbatim. When I can not get my head around an alogorithm, I will prototype in BASIC or Pascal and transcribe to C++ when I know what I am doing.