>>4 There is plenty wrong with C++...

>>1 Consider the following:

Many games written in C++ fail. Let's say only about the top 2% of C++ games succeed in any markletplace. Meanwhile, almost every game written in Lisp is a financial success.

This isn't because Lisp is better for writing games (even though it is), but it's because being an expert Lisp programmer puts you beyond heads and sholders above your C++-programming "peers", and thus being an expert programmer will make your programs better.

The odd part is that it's a lot harder to become a C++-expert than a Lisp-expert. The reason why is that C++'s substantial complexities cannot be ignored in order to write useful C++ programs. This is why you see people indicate there's one-true method to making C++ work- whether they promote RAII-for-everything, or smart_ptr-for-the-win, and so on. In Lisp this simply isn't so...