[f1shy]

I always saw C++ and Java addressing other issues, like low level memory management, and higher level abstractions like objects. Not so much type policy. Anyways I see a strong tendency in lots of programmers dismissing anything that is not type static-strict-safe, and others advocating for a more relaxed system.

[nurettin]

I see C++ as a scientific DSL definition language. It lets you create an abstraction and define arithmetic operators, iterators and even lets you control dereference and call semantics. The standard helps this scheme by defining return value optimization.