Banned C++ Contributor Speaks Out [video]

Thank-you. I found if a reviewer requests a rename, ask what it ought to be. That avoids a lot of back-and-forth, and the suggestion returns vetted.

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We chose C++ because it combines powerful abstraction facilities with faithful representation of the underlying machine...

Identity, a primitive notion of our perception of reality, determines the sameness of a thing changing over time. Attributes of a concrete entity can change without affecting its identity. A snapshot of a concrete entity is a complete collection of its attributes at a particular point in time...

-- Elements of Programming (2009). Stepanov, Alexander. McJones, Paul.