I think this is confusing. If C++ has to go because the paradigm is wrong, because it has to be replaced by say more functional languages, OK. But then so does

I think this is confusing. If C++ has to go because the paradigm is wrong, because it has to be replaced by say more functional languages, OK. But then so does Java, C# and so on. Now, if C++ has to go because of some language aspects, I disagree. There is no point. The language is good enough and can still be improved. When I choose C++ over other languages I don't do it because I like the language, I do it because it generates native code, because of manual control of the memory management, because templates can be useful to solve some problems elegantly, etc.