The C++ Programming Language Freakshow (thing)

Every week I discover something about C++ (see my writeup there for my "unbiased" opinion). Some days I think of writing my own C++ book. I shall call it Revolting C++.

• C++: Only 911 pages in the book!
• C++: The programming language whose book grows exponentially!
• C++: how the parser and the lexer fight over templates
• C++: why input is >> and output is <<
• C++: computing Fibonacci numbers at compile time
• C++: What's this? A reference?
• C++: function templates and information hiding
• C++: standard names for source files
• C++: no compilers available
• C++: brackets to make an object not a function
• C++: inconsistent syntax (was: C++: catch is exempt from standard C++ syntax)
• C++: how big is nothing?
• C++: objects with no type
• C++: (a=b)=c
• C++: static extern "C"
• C++: the scope of friendship
• C++: true or false?
• I wanted to mention delete[] too, but when I tried to write it up sarcastically I couldn't make it any worse than it really is.

I think C++ as a first language is a joke, but some university departments would appear to disagree.

The C++ Programming Language Freakshow --- Coming soon to an introductory programming course near you!