[Discuss] OT Rant/Discussion C vs C++

[dan at geer.org (dan at geer.org)]

> ...                                   Whenever you get into code
> maintenance, you get to see why it is important to write relatively
> clear and concise code.

Brian Kernighan would (did) agree:

  Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program
  in the first place.  So if you're as clever as you can be when
  you write it, how will you ever debug it?
  
     Kernighan BW & Plauger PJ: _The Elements of Programming Style_