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Samuel Tardieu wrote:
> I don't think so. The "point" assumes that what was to blame was the
> insufficient knowledge of C++, and that this knowledge has not been
> acquired. What if the problem was in fact C++ itself?

Well, that's not what the e-mail said. It specifically blamed lack
of experience with the language, not the language itself. Since
neither of us was there, we have no evidence to gainsay the claim.