Yes, I agree! I merely think you overvalue C++ in this case. There's lots of C/C++ code that most people can't understand either -- and not for lack of knowing

Yes, I agree! I merely think you overvalue C++ in this case. There's lots of C/C++ code that most people can't understand either -- and not for lack of knowing the language. Apropos of nothing, I found Peter Naur's "Programming as Theory Building" [1] an enjoyable read on the topic of maintaining software after the original developers depart. [1] http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/Naur.pdf http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/Naur.pdf