C++

C++ programs written where the writer has a basic grasp of object orientation are far more secure and reliable than equivalent C programs.

Compare std::string to char*. std::string always cleans up it's own memory in any situation, allocates the right amount every time. char*, you might forget to free, or double free, or not allocate enough memory. Whoops. Basic logic says that C++ programs are better and more secure than C programs.

>>15
You forgot the "if you're retarded" qualifier in both X and Y.
But they were not part of the original text.

When you're not retarded, you understand what's up the first time or even implicitly, and all this endless repetition only distracts and hides bugs.

LISP

C has the capability of abstraction. C++ is C with sugar for turning your katana into an out of control chainsaw. The difference between a katana and a chainsaw is that a chainsaw is more likely to do something that you didn't want to do. While a katana is with you, mind and body, an extension of yourself. Yes, maybe I might forget to decapitate a few people in line for execution. But if I let the chainsaw flip around and do it, it might get some innocents without my knowledge.