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On C++ syntax errors:

    Syntax error: unmatched thing in thing from
    std::nonstd::__map<_Cyrillic, _$$$dollars> const
    basic_string< epic_mystery,mongoose_traits &lt; char>,
     __default_alloc_<casual_Fridays = maybe>>

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Slightly further on:

That being said, if you find yourself drinking a martini and writing programs in garbage-collected, object-oriented Esperanto, be aware that the only reason that the Esperanto runtime works is because there are systems people who have exchanged any hope of losing their virginity for the exciting opportunity to think about hex numbers and their relationships with the operating system, the hardware, and ancient blood rituals that Bjarne Stroustrup performed at Stonehenge.

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