Hmm.. Looks like an off-by-one bug. Should probably be
for t in 0.. (MAX_TASKS -1)

# Trump/Bannon settings:
ALL: ALL

I don't think so. Even folks that love C++ will say "well, you don't really need to know foo-obscure-feature, but it's there if you need it. I was reading through Scott Meyers' "Effective Modern C++", an excellent book, but probably half of it was showing how to make sure you "move" your data instead of "copying" it. I'm no Java fan, but at least everything is a reference, so you don't have copy-by-accident ooga booga. If copying is so bad (which apparently it is because you'll definitely get reamed during a code review if you do), force a copy action via clone(), ike Java.

The pain in C++ is on account of the "keep it compatible with C" mantra. C++ could be great if they'd just jettison that idiocy. It's like that stupid fighter that they're building that has to fit the requirements of every branch of the mility. It's complicated, overbudget, and doesn't work. They should build three fighters that work well in each domain. C++ should just be C++, and C can be C. That will probably happen eventually.

Well, eventually C++ will re-implement Lisp according to Greenspun

Yeah, I know. &&global_ref => &&universal_ref.

The vagaries and complexities of C++ as it progresses in it's specification is reminiscent of efforts to get epicycles to explain motions of heavenly bodies. Geez, people are snide about Perl syntax. Now we have &ref, &&global_ref, [](args){my_lambda_code();}, copy constructors, move constructors, 'override' to fix virtual function breakage. This is just a mess of a language.

Why there isn't a proper alternative [WebAssembly?] absolutely befuddles me.

Why someone would need assembly for web client-side coding befuddles me.
When I need to write something fast I use Perl. When I need something to run fast, I use C.
Different languages are good for different situations.

You hit the nail on the head. Wish I had mod points.

sudo port install nethack

Faster and less power required. It's a win win. (probably lose a bit more at the cash register, though).

Anyone installing an extension named "4chan Plus" gets what they deserve.

Tail recursion optimization usually takes care of problems like that, assuming the problem was running out of stack.

+2, and it has a nice table submode, and emitters for text, HTML, and PDF. If your boss asks what you've been doing this week, just C-c C-e and there's your report.

... hogs get slaughtered.

... blames his tools. Crap code an be written in any language. Good code can be written in PHP. While not my first choice of languages, I have found myself on PHP projects and been fairly comfortable using it although during moments of frustration put in comments such as "These following 10 lines could be written in the following one line of Perl...".