> Yes, compared to today's scripting, languages, C++ is hard (but not impossible) to use. There are no soft, rounded edges to protect rash programmers who make

> Yes, compared to today's scripting, languages, C++ is hard (but not impossible) to use. There are no soft, rounded edges to protect rash programmers who make incorrect assumptions. Basically, C++ makes us stop and really think about what we are asking the computer to do. It makes us evaluate data structures, types and how we use those things. To me it looks like you're talking about C, rather than C++. C++ always makes me stop and think how the compiler will react to certain code, and how it is supposed to behave with regards to the ISO standard(s). Actually reading the standard usually makes things worse (again, for me), so I'd choose python anytime. EDIT: (formatting)