Re:C++ is NOT hard to learn!! (Score 1)

If you found C++ to be straightforward, then you don't really know the language.

how about implicit copy construction? did you know about that when you learned C++ in high school? what about the order in which operator overloads are found? how about virtual inheritance, how a v-table works, or static object construction/destruction order?

anyone who thinks C++ is an easy language either has no clue about 99% of the crap that it does, or is a complete moron. writing code in C++ is easy. writing hello world and other small programs is simple in any language, thats just syntax, but there is more to programming than syntax: C++'s implicit semantics make it a very difficult language to learn CORRECTLY, and to write CLEAN code for.

Powerful, yes. Easy or straightforward? not a chance.