> I have to confess I tire a bit of the hi level programmer bashing.
> With much of my life spent amongst the class wizard and visual
> editors of various sorts, I assure you that there is good and bad
> software engineering occuring at all levels. Indeed, it is far
> easier to write terrible code at hi levels, since it's far more
> likely to 'sorta work'.

Here Here!  Eschew Obsfucated Ultra Turbo C++  Embrace Simple Assembler.