"With C++ you still have to know everything you knew in C, plus a bunch of other ridiculous shit." So true. C++ is designed by someone who is a moderately smar

"With C++ you still have to know everything you knew in C, plus a bunch of other ridiculous shit." So true. C++ is designed by someone who is a moderately smart but not a great engineer. There are too many details without much benefit, and you are encouraged to hide things in obfuscated manners, rather than doing straightforward programming.