i had been a C++ hater for a long time, partly because of the environment i was in (strongly C, anti-C++) and partly because most of the C++ hackers i knew enjoyed abusing language features.

i'm reading a bunch of C++ lately and i have to say i like it, i like it a lot. it's something i may have to dive into and actually learn.

some of this is due, i think, to solid standards coming in, but also a lot of growth on my part as a coder.

plenty of things are done better in OOP than not, where re-use through inheritance, design by composition, and modularity are needed and well executed.

my bigotry against C++ has ended.