A lot of what he says is interesting, but I'm not sure if I agree with what he says on the educational benefit of C++. That's not to say that learning how to wo

A lot of what he says is interesting, but I'm not sure if I agree with what he says on the educational benefit of C++. That's not to say that learning how to work at a low level isn't extremely valuable - it is, beyond description - but I honestly think C++ adds enough abstraction and cruft to actually get in the way of that goal. In my (totally unqualified) opinion, raw C is a much more effective way to get a feel for the innards of the machine, without having to deal with a lot of the overhead that comes from C++.