What's good about C++ is that I know it well, so it's comfortable for me. Why someone just coming to it now would like it, I couldn't tell you. I will say tha

What's good about C++ is that I know it well, so it's comfortable for me. Why someone just coming to it now would like it, I couldn't tell you. I will say that when I came to Python I felt much lighter and faster as programmer. You forget how it can be. And starting into Clojure recently just feels more "right". I avoided Lispiness for a long, long time, but Clojure seems to hit the proper balance for me.