Likewise, but also I now realise, after a long break I really like programming with "system languages". I get a certain amount of satisfaction that I don't get

Likewise, but also I now realise, after a long break I really like programming with "system languages". I get a certain amount of satisfaction that I don't get with higher-level languages, where I spend so much time plugging together half-built crappy modules. Partly this is because I have realised, I like knowing the nuts and bolts of what is going on in a computer and solving problems with consideration of how it will run. It also has less magic and crappy layers going on. C++ has evolved a lot from what I used many years ago, and it looks mostly for the better, thankfully we have escaped the 'thou must OO' age.