众专家评论C++，以及后续的生计话题

If you think C++ is not overly complicated, just what is a protected abstract virtual base pure virtual private destructor and when was the last time you needed one?
--Tom Cargill

When your hammer is C++, everything begins to look like a thumb
--Steve Halflich

C++ is an atrocity, the bletcherous scab of the computing world, responsible for ... more mysterious failures than any other computer language in the history of the planet earth
--Eric Lee Green

If C++ has taught me one thing, it’s this: just because the system is consistent doesn’t mean it’s not the work of Satan
--Andrew Plotkin

There are only two things wrong with C++: the initial concept and the implementation
--Bertrand Meyer

I saw ‘cout’ being shifted “Hello world” times to the left and stopped right there
--Steve Gonedes

surely there's something to defend:

There are only two kinds of programming languages: those people always bitch about and those nobody uses
--Bjarne Stroustrup

 

有人就此聊到语言选择与职业生涯，调侃中也有酸甜苦辣：

----职业压力版---------------------------------------------------------------

if  (your company's choice != yours)
{
     you are virtually dead;
     if  (you still stick to your own preference && still want to survive)
           you'd better start your own company;
}
else
     you still need to be fairly good in your skills to survive;

----面对现实版---------------------------------------------------------------

#include <metaphorical_functions.h>

int main()
{
    if (youWantToWorkInAParticularLanguage()) {
        if (youCantFindReasonableEmploymentUsingYourCurrentSkillset())
            learnAnotherLanguage();
        else if (youCanStartYourOwnBusiness())
            goForIt();
        else
            starve();
    } else {
        writeInferiorCode();
    }
}

----乐观向上版---------------------------------------------------------------

// Make_A_Living.cpp
...
template<bool> struct CTAssert;
template<> struct CTAssert<true> {};
...
CTAssert<~(YOUR_PREFERENCE^COMPANY_REQUIREMENTS)>();