But it seems like blaming the inventor of knives for using them dangerously? Knives are really useful for cutting things. The same goes for cars. Thousands of

But it seems like blaming the inventor of knives for using them dangerously? Knives are really useful for cutting things. The same goes for cars. Thousands of people have died in car accidents yet nobody is proposing that we replace cars because if you use them correctly they really are quite useful. The same goes for C++. I see a lot of C++-bashing on this thread (it seems very popular on HN?) but it is a useful language. I have worked with plenty of people who used it wrong but to throw the entire thing into the bin is blaming the wrong thing. People can be dangerous drivers even if the car is really good.