[plug] [link] Programming languages - and their faults

[Craig Ringer]

In fact, here's an interesting one from the other viewpoint on C/C++ - 
one I tend to agree with.

http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/05/08/cpp_mm-1.html

My understanding, condensed: C/C++ can be very useful, but must be used 
more carefully than many other languages with garbage collection and 
things like safe string copies.