i agree, for the most part. i like c++ as well. i made a stab at learning ruby. i felt lost without compiler warnings and errors. here's how i change the na

i agree, for the most part. i like c++ as well. i made a stab at learning ruby. i felt lost without compiler warnings and errors. here's how i change the name of a method: 1. change the name in the header file, 2. hit the compile button, and 3. fix every error the compiler spits out, by double-clicking on the error lines in an ide window. i guess the ruby alternative would be search-and-replace, but it's not nearly as foolproof. i wish c++ were a little less complex, though. i think we're to the point where the language has been balkanized into dialects. there's a lot of c++ code i can't read at all, because the authors used idioms that i choose to avoid.