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[verroq]

>- expert level C++ programmer

Are you implying the Bitcoin client wasn't a botched up C with classes and the team is still trying to make it not crap?

[jasonzemos → verroq]

Indeed. It's clear Satoshi never worked for any C++ development firm that imprinted at least some type of coherent design pattern on him. The programming has the flavor of someone involved in a lot of open source, spare-time C.

[jacobwcarlson → jasonzemos]

The code always struck me as a cryptographer who knew how to program rather than a developer who understood cryptography.

[jacquesm → jacobwcarlson]

If it was the other way around then we likely would not be having this discussion.