[jcdavis]

> it screwed up the API for C++, with many compromises

The implicit presence garbage screwed up the API for many languages, not just C++

What is wild is how obviously silly it was at the time, too - no hindsight was needed.

[kubb]

It was but when the wrong fool gets a say, they will mess a perfectly good thing up for everyone.

Organizations often promote fools who don’t second guess their beliefs and think they have it all figured out.