> Anyway C++ isn't as complicated as people say, most of the so called complexity exists for a reason, so if you understand the reasoning it tends to make logical sense.

I think there was a comment on HN by Walter Bright, saying that at some point, C++ became too complex to be fully understood by a single person.

> You can also mostly just stick to the core subset of the language

This works well for tightly controlled codebases (e.g. Quake by Carmack), but I'm not sure how this work in general, especially when project owners change over time.