To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand C++. The type system is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical computer science most of the design choices will go over a typical programmer's head. There's also Bjarne's simultaneously perfectionist, practical and humanist mindset, which is deftly woven into the language- the C++ culture of giving expert-level tools to all programmers draws heavily from Søren Kierkegaard's existentialist philosophy, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of the design, to realise that it's not just (almost) backwards compatible with C- it says something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike C++ truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the insight in Bjarne's catchphrase "You don't pay for what you don't use," which itself is a cryptic reference to Knuth's monograph The Art of Computer Programming. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as template error messages unfold themselves on their computer screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂 And yes, by the way, i DO have a C++ tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎