I find the beginning and end of the article quite contradictory. Basically that C++ is too complicated; and oh by the way we should start programming FPGAs, wh

I find the beginning and end of the article quite contradictory. Basically that C++ is too complicated; and oh by the way we should start programming FPGAs, which are much harder to get right. I like modern C++, because I think it simplifies a lot of things (RAII for the win here). Templates let you engage in duck typing, but with (if you are careful) very performant results.