>C++ shows that in theory you can fix any flaw in an existing programming language as long as you maintain backwards compatibility by simply adding more feature

>C++ shows that in theory you can fix any flaw in an existing programming language as long as you maintain backwards compatibility by simply adding more features. Well, "adding more features" can't be done "simply" if you want to "maintain backwards compatibility"; indeed, in the process of doing this is that the "flaws" are potentially augmented.