[jjnoakes]

I don't see the distinction you are suggesting. Call it a new language if you like, but if it compiles to C++, looks 99% like C++, and just smooths over the warts, then whatever you call it, that's what I'm suggesting.

(I want it to compile to C++ so I can use the compilers I use and it can interoperate with the C++ code it has to interoperate with and C++ programmers that work on this code wouldn't have to learn more than a few extras that might make their lives easier).

[nambit]

You're looking for some sort of code generator for C++ which only adds syntactic sugar? Interesting idea but I don't think a good one exists yet.

[jjnoakes]

Yes, that's exactly what I proposed.