I think trying to bolt an OO model onto C while retaining 100% source compatability was an interesting idea, but it turned out to be a bad one in the long run.

I think trying to bolt an OO model onto C while retaining 100% source compatability was an interesting idea, but it turned out to be a bad one in the long run. Oh, I don't know, Objective-C seems to do a reasonable job of it. C++ just took the wrong object model...