> It took me a while to understand what C++ was: a quest for the highest level semantics possible with the lowest performance overhead. I find it interesting t

> It took me a while to understand what C++ was: a quest for the highest level semantics possible with the lowest performance overhead. I find it interesting that it took you a "while" even though Stroustrup was already defining like that before C++98: https://books.google.fr/books?id=hS9mDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT151&lpg=PT151&dq=%22+room+for+a+lower-level+language%22&source=bl&ots=xOhk2l17Po&sig=ACfU3U1rtDkXb3n7KkpSDmlAUcWFBNCuAQ&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiigs6JtJvwAhWlsXEKHRCFAsgQ6AEwCHoECAgQAw#v=onepage&q=%22%20room%20for%20a%20lower-level%20language%22&f=false https://books.google.fr/books?id=hS9mDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT151&lpg=P...