C++ is like French. There are lots of idiosychrasies. Bad syntax leads to an inexplicable reaction (from the complier or Frenchman.) For the first few years

C++ is like French. There are lots of idiosychrasies. Bad syntax leads to an inexplicable reaction (from the complier or Frenchman.) For the first few years you'll sound like a buffoon. But once you get the hang of it, it rolls off the tongue. And once you master the slang, you can say things REALLY fast and very few will understand you. I for one welcome this awkward new grammar and its unforgiving compiler errors. Vive Le C++0x!