... this might have been true 20 years ago. It certainly isn't today. Perhaps you stopped learning at some point? It's important (as many posters in this threa

... this might have been true 20 years ago. It certainly isn't today. Perhaps you stopped learning at some point? It's important (as many posters in this thread have already noted) to understand that C++ is many languages, and that bare-metal C++ is not necessarily the same language you would use elsewhere. The fact remains, however, that in the right hands it can be an excellent tool for the task, and certainly more expressive and capable than its predecessor.