It's somewhat alarming that people see C++ as the holy grail of OOP.
now that's a misconception if i ever heard one... what gives you the idea that people see c++ as the holy grail of oop... what has been said here or near here that gives you this impression...
it's the free form nature of c that makes it appealing to me... that along with the object oriented capabilities that c++ affords is why i like using c++ and c... and that in turn is probably why i use it for comparison...
i'm sure other coders have their own reasons for using it when they need an object oriented development tool... but i hardly think they see it as a holy grail of anything...
if i saw anything as a 'holy grail', as you put it... for oop... i would have to say it would've probably have been Smalltalk...
--Mike