I disagree. Of course not _everybody_ can abandon C++ but some really can. I have developed C and C++ software for many years but with Racket Scheme (a function

I disagree. Of course not _everybody_ can abandon C++ but some really can. I have developed C and C++ software for many years but with Racket Scheme (a functional language) I am MUCH more productive now. This works because I think and code functionally which is a totally different approach to the way how coding in C++ is done. I doubt that functional programming in C++ will be as elegant and effective as in a real functional language where everything is functional. The approach of C++ seems to be and to support "everything". But will that support more maintainable code? I don't think so. Quo vadis, C++? Btw Implementations like LuaJIT demonstrate that virtual machines have become amazingly fast. So, even for performance you don't need to be stuck to C++.