"For a variety of reasons, C++ is a language that leads its users sometimes to say, "These are the smartest five lines of code I ever wrote." Maybe its in its semantic richness or the ever exciting (and surprising?) way its features interact."
- Alexandrescu


Hmm, is it just me or does that paragraph ring a lot of truth to it? "Smartest five lines of code I ever wrote," you wouldn't believe how often I felt like that.

heh... those lines of code where you would lead yourself to believe that you're a god.