The problem with using C++ ... is that there's already a strong tendency in the language to require you to know everything before you can do anything.

Sometimes I wish I could put an expiration date on my quotes.

My arthritic pinkies are already starting to ache just thinking about ||||=.

I'm afraid my gut level reaction is basically, proceed is cute, but cute doesn't cut it in the emergency room.

Even if you aren't in doubt, consider the mental welfare of the person who has to maintain the code after you, and who will probably put parens in the wrong place.

This does not mean that some of us should not want, in a rather dispassionate sort of way, to put a bullet through csh's head.

Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in.