Suppose we blasted all politicians into space. Would the SETI project find even one of them?

Well, take it from an old hand: the only reason it would be easier to program in C is that you can't easily express complex problems in C, so you don't.

Very clever implementation techniques are required to implement this insanity correctly and usefully, not to mention that code written with this feature used and abused east and west is exceptionally exciting to debug.

Constructing a social system that tends to those who agree with it is a piece of cake compared to constructing one that makes those who disagree with it want to obey its principles.

Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO is the answer.

Suppose we blasted all politicians into space. Would the SETI project find even one of them?

Life is too long to know C++ well.