009. Why C++ Sails When the Vasa Sank Scott Meyers

The Vasa was a 17thcentury Swedish warship which suffered such feature creep during construction that it sank shortly after leaving the harbour on its maiden voyage. In the early 1990s, the C++ standardisation committee adopted the Vasa as a cautionary tale, discouraging prospective language extensions with Remember the Vasa Yet C++ continued to grow, and by the time C++ was standardised, its complexity made the Vasa look like a rowboat. The Vasa sank, however, while C++ cruised, and it looks likely to