I found reading it rather cathartic. It mirrors the vitriol that my C++ teachers had towards C, and it was a counterweight to the irrational exuberance they exp

I found reading it rather cathartic. It mirrors the vitriol that my C++ teachers had towards C, and it was a counterweight to the irrational exuberance they expressed towards C++ features like iostreams and inheritance. I mean, I actually like C++. It's my language of choice. But around the early 2000s, the smugness was overwhelming. To me, this is the 'mogodb is webscale'[1] of yesteryear. [1] https://youtu.be/b2F-DItXtZs https://youtu.be/b2F-DItXtZs