So watched the talk just now. I've been using C++ as my main language since the early 90s and it pains me to see what it has become. I thought that I might've been missing something all along. Unfortunately, I wasn't.
The talk all but confirmed my lingering assumption that C++ is intentionally designed to be an over-engineered language with no particular regard to the elegance of its construction. Worse yet, Bjarne did it all of his own free will rather than being forced into that by "the committee" (which would've been a weak, but acceptable excuse).
If C++ were created just today, out of thin air and in its current form, there is no way in hell it would've seen any adoption. C++ is basically a long running bait-n-switch scheme. Come try a better C and then see it evolve into the Homer's car, which you have no choice but to use because it's now - surprise - an industry standard.
The talk all but confirmed my lingering assumption that C++ is intentionally designed to be an over-engineered language with no particular regard to the elegance of its construction. Worse yet, Bjarne did it all of his own free will rather than being forced into that by "the committee" (which would've been a weak, but acceptable excuse).
If C++ were created just today, out of thin air and in its current form, there is no way in hell it would've seen any adoption. C++ is basically a long running bait-n-switch scheme. Come try a better C and then see it evolve into the Homer's car, which you have no choice but to use because it's now - surprise - an industry standard.
So, yeah, there you go /rant.