[loup-vaillant]

> Basically, writing a C++ front end takes 10 man years.

This is insane. No language needs to be that complex. I guess that's the power of backward compatibility: forcing an entire industry to dig itself into an ever growing hole, because in the short term we move faster by digging than by first clawing our way out.

[WalterBright]

Mastering C++ takes about 10 years, too :-)

(Yes, you can be productive in C++ in much less time.)