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"Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca> writes:

> Those are good points. Limited types for example, severely hamper what
> the programmer _wants_ to do, but the "limited" aspect of the
> value/object forces them to consider the design aspects (where C/C++
> imposes no such restriction).

I don't understand this statement.  You have limited types in C++, too.
If you want to take away assignment in C++, then just take away
assignment.  What's the problem?