C++ is in that inconvenient spot where it doesn't help make things simple enough to be truly usable for prototyping or simple GUI programming, and yet isn't the lean system programming language that C is that actively encourages you to use simple and direct constructs.

Torvalds, Linus (2007-09-07). Message to gmane.comp.version-control.git mailing list. Retrieved on 2007-09-22.