I am almost unhappy to learn that this was a joke. Would have been nice to put a final (personal) nail in the C++ coffin with this insanity. However, I guess it

I am almost unhappy to learn that this was a joke. Would have been nice to put a final (personal) nail in the C++ coffin with this insanity. However, I guess it says enough that I did have to dig quite far into the paper to realize whether Bjarne was joking or not.