It always surprises me that some will seek to defend C++ when even its author seems to admit that it is flawed. Many famous programmers have pointed to the lan

It always surprises me that some will seek to defend C++ when even its author seems to admit that it is flawed. Many famous programmers have pointed to the language's limitations. People use it because of pragmatism: it has what they need for the APIs they want to use. If you think C++ is not overly complicated, just what is a protected abstract virtual base pure virtual private destructor and when was the last time you needed one? Tom Cargill