The Forbidden C++ Manual

Description

A four-panel French television screenshot from "C dans l'air" shows a segment header reading "al-qaida : L'OTAGE FRANCAIS execute" with a France 5 logo. English subtitles say, "Terrorist expert : I have here a photocopy of the first page of a manual used by Al-Quaida," then "This 300 page manual explains very precisely how to use survival softwares, and the keywords that needs to be used to stay anonymous," followed by the host asking, "Can we find this manual on the Internet?" and the expert answering, "Of course not!" The final panel zooms in on a document cover whose visible title reads like "C++ encyclopedia Programming" with Arabic text above and below, making the supposed secret manual look like an ordinary or awkwardly translated C++ programming book. The technical humor comes from the mismatch between sensational security commentary and a programming-language manual that many developers would already consider intimidating enough.