I think its relevant, honestly. C++ is a pile of hacks, layer upon layer, that only a small highly talented set of programmers can manage to master and the res

I think its relevant, honestly. C++ is a pile of hacks, layer upon layer, that only a small highly talented set of programmers can manage to master and the rest shoot themselves in the foot with. Linus says that in his own way, but that's the truth of the situation: C++ is a mess. My takeaway from experience from all of that is to use C (as Linus argues).