Guys, yes! I was joking. I was directly riffing on the common claim that C++ is "just a tool". This exact phrase, in quotes, has over a hundred thousand hits

Guys, yes! I was joking. I was directly riffing on the common claim that C++ is "just a tool". This exact phrase, in quotes, has over a hundred thousand hits on Google[1], many of them immediately comparing it to a hammer or a screwdriver. The usual context is that C++ isn't really "unsafe" -- it's just a tool, how you use it is up to you. In the case of the standard library being broken, it is like a tool that is broken. Resmelting might not be a word but the idea of the hammer not being cast correctly and needing to be re-cast is ridiculous. In essence I was making fun of the "there's nothing wrong with C++, just like there's nothing wrong with a hammer" common claim. I was taking it to an extreme. (I thought it was funny.) [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=%22C%2B%2B+is+just+a+tool%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22C%2B%2B+is+just+a+tool%22