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I'm trying to reconcile the two halves of this paragraph from this post by Gregg Graham

When I discovered Smalltalk and Java in the mid 90's, I began to be turned off by the complexity of C++. However, I've come to terms with it, realizing that no other popular computer language combines the efficiency and expressive power of C++. The fact remains that it's a difficult language, in which it's easy to create a big mess. Reading and applying Meyers' book is a good safeguard against such messes.

As to efficiency, if you want to write your own garbage collector, sure. As to expressive power... compared to Smalltalk or Lisp? Huh?