Well, I'm sure this is not the worst thing about C++ that C++ people are "generally fine with", so that really doesn't tell me a lot. Not quite sure if this app

Well, I'm sure this is not the worst thing about C++ that C++ people are "generally fine with", so that really doesn't tell me a lot. Not quite sure if this applies to useful programs, though. Lack of tail call elimination can definitely break a class of useful programs even with side effects.