Every time I read this, I agree. And then I wonder why people don't do the obvious thing like I do and write C with templates in C++. It is a kitchen-sink multi

Every time I read this, I agree. And then I wonder why people don't do the obvious thing like I do and write C with templates in C++. It is a kitchen-sink multi-paradigm language so just embrace it. Plus, inheriting abstract interface classes is more convenient than writing a vtable by hand when such a thing makes sense. You don't have to participate in Java-style class voodoo if you don't want to. I am sure all the other languages mentioned like Rust, Zig, and D are very good too, but C++ is where all the high-performance libraries live, and whatever productivity gains I would get by switching languages is utterly dwarfed by that.