Hacker News new | comments | show | ask | jobs | submit login New C++ experimental feature: The tadpole operators (msdn.com) 21 points by ingve 2 hours ago | 8 comments jloughry 1 hour ago It's a side effect of two's complement representation of integers. There ought to be a repository somewhere for neat tricks like this (with a warning never to use them in production). FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY reply Sniffnoy 52 minutes ago The joke has already been explained in the comments there, yet people are still posting comments there oblivious of it... reply jerf 11 minutes ago I really can't figure out why so many people read The Old New Thing, or perhaps more accurately, feel compelled to comment in the comment section. This post is perfectly typical of the level of technical comprehension necessary to enjoy the blog. You are routin...