Fred Cisin wrote:
"In C++ it's harder to shoot yourself in the
foot, but when you do, you
blow off your whole leg." Bjarne Stroustrup.
I prefer the "C++ is stapling on extra legs on a dog to make an octopus"
line, but I'm not sure who said it. D looks really promising from what
I've read, but not having used it for any real project, it's hard to say.