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.

I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining.

With the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings to those be clean, well documented, and simple to use.

This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.

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.

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