[anfilt]

>"C++, on the other hand, seems to have been designed by compiler writers for their own enjoyment and/or job security."

It's not what a compiler writer would want by any stretch. Having helped write a C++ compiler I can a test to that. I will agree that C is a nice language. It does exactly as you tell it.

The complexity I would say is what you get when you "design by committee"

Web standards have a similar problem they keep growing and getting more complex. Try to write a browser from the ground up these days.