C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg.

I have always wished for a computer that would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish came true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.

People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language.

First, I'd like to see the basic tools such as compilers, debuggers, profilers, database interfaces, GUI builders, CAD tools, and so forth fully support the ISO standard.

I also hope that C++ implementation vendors will spend a slightly larger fraction of their budgets on improving the quality and performance of their compilers rather than concentrating too heavily on novelties.

However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.