I think derefr was inferring (or imagining?) a subconscious need to defend certain decisions, even if C and C++ are not prerequisites. As a post-structuralist,

I think derefr was inferring (or imagining?) a subconscious need to defend certain decisions, even if C and C++ are not prerequisites. As a post-structuralist, I generally approve of reading the author's stated intentions and responding, "Yes, well, that's one interpretation." :P