> Other people you might respect have tasted C++ and bailed on it (eg Linus Torvalds.) Sorry, Linus didn't say anything compelling against C++. He explained ve

> Other people you might respect have tasted C++ and bailed on it (eg Linus Torvalds.) Sorry, Linus didn't say anything compelling against C++. He explained very clearly why C++ didn't fit with his own personal way to work, and that's fair.But his message did never contain anything more than this!