Agree. I've often opted out of using exceptions in C++ for high performance or low level systems. This usually meant coding C in C++, but it was still great to

Agree. I've often opted out of using exceptions in C++ for high performance or low level systems. This usually meant coding C in C++, but it was still great to have namespaces, the STL, Boost libraries, and stricter static typing. Too often it seems that people think they have to be at one extreme or the other of the C - C++ spectrum - why not something in between?