The Dark Side of C++ Felix von Leitner CCC Berlin felix-cpp@fefe.de August 2007 Abstract Most of the perceived benefits of C++, when viewed from a different vantage point, turn out to have or even be downsides. The Dark Side of C++ The Dark Side of C++ Central Complaints 1. new bug classes 2. hard to write 3. hard to read The Dark Side of C++ 1 The Dark Side of C++ Warm-Up readply.cpp:109: convers