Maybe this is it: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/385297/whats-wrong-with-c-compared-to-other-languages http://stackoverflow.com/questions/385297/whats-wron

Maybe this is it: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/385297/whats-wrong-with-c-compared-to-other-languages http://stackoverflow.com/questions/385297/whats-wrong-with-c... Summarizing: "C++ is hard but makes some things possible that aren't in other languages." The FQA dude is a troll: he criticizes without offering better alternatives, ignoring tradeoffs and considerations and overlooking any advantages offered by C++.