> 1) C++ is too complicated, and therefore hard to reason about and slow to compile. Don't we tend to reason predominantly about the written-down code rather t

> 1) C++ is too complicated, and therefore hard to reason about and slow to compile. Don't we tend to reason predominantly about the written-down code rather than about the language itself? Once the developer has delineated the semantic circle he will be using, the big part of the specification is left out. Granted, the question is open when we are contemplating a blank ... err, code editor, but does that occur all that frequently? > Presumably this speculation is based on the Intel-Altera acquisition. Well, it has been a while companies sell high performance network cards equipped with gigabytes of RAM and an FPGA. I'd be curious to know what people do with that? The level of prices seems to indicate the target would be financial institutions, but how about the developers -- where does one find people proficient in finance, math and verilog/VHDL all at once? And at what price?