Why is python not written in C++ ?

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <pan.2010.08.03.08.35.59.328000 at nowhere.com>, Nobody wrote:

> One feature which can't readily be implemented in C is the automatic
> clean-up side of the RAII idiom.

Use do-once blocks
<http://www.geek-central.gen.nz/peeves/programming_discipline.html>.