Wasn't really my point, I just took the diversion to talk about static typing. If static typing comes back as the thing I think C++ will still be crap. I think

Wasn't really my point, I just took the diversion to talk about static typing. If static typing comes back as the thing I think C++ will still be crap. I think the productivity gains in the language I mentioned have everything to do with built in list types, first class functions, closures and anonymous functions. Good libraries built on those things help a lot as well.