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[โ€“] sukhmel@programming.dev 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You don't need to use and learn everything, just pick what you need.

I used to think the same, but now I think you should at least skim through everything. Reason being otherwise you may reinvent the wheel a lot, and there are many use-cases where you really don't want to do that (but C++ makes it so easy, I was constantly tempted to just do what I want and not look for it being already available)

[โ€“] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

This gets even more complex if you're using a toolkit of some sort. C++ has a batteries-included way of doing something, then STL has another, and Qt yet another... Etc.