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As a working programmer here are some things that I consider to be C++ virtues
a. Control over memory layout
b. Control over allocation policies
c. Deterministic deallocation of objects on scope exit
d. Generics and specialization of generics
I am always mystified how many languages miss out on item a.
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As a working programmer here are some things that I consider to be C++ virtues
a. Control over memory layout
b. Control over allocation policies
c. Deterministic deallocation of objects on scope exit
d. Generics and specialization of generics
I am always mystified how many languages miss out on item a.