The point I was trying to make wasn't about C++, it was that the article starts with a question it never answers. It would be a more honest opening to just say

The point I was trying to make wasn't about C++, it was that the article starts with a question it never answers. It would be a more honest opening to just say "lots of smart people hate C++", and then proceeded with the examples. Instead, it pretends like it is going to answer the question of why it is so popular in spite of being widely reviled, but then never touches on that. edit: grammar