Please leave the personal attacks out of this, thanks. I've said nothing personally against you and yet you've turned to calling into question my profession rather than the points I've raised. I understand maybe it may feel like I'm attacking you personally as I'm criticizing a language which I gather you are very fond of, but criticizing C++ is not criticizing you, and I would appreciate if you show me the same respect I've shown you. That's not what this site is for, and if you want to engage in that kind of back and forth I'd kindly decline.

My students give me high marks, my department (which includes faculty who have contributed to C++ spec over the years) is satisfied with my teaching, and I graduate students that go on to work at top companies and research labs around the world. I'm doing my job just fine, let's stick to talking about C++.

I apologize. I was out of line to write that.