When C++ is your hammer

I've always liked this meme: "When C++ is your hammer, everything looks like a thumb."

A thumb with multiple inheritance.

The problem is that all languages have issues... so I wondered, "What kind of hammers would they be?" These are my best guesses**.

Houses with questionable indentation.

But the hammer is so easy to use!

But you have to pay extra for the special glove to hold it.

And your screwdriver is made of modeling clay.

A problem that somebody will probably solve with a screwdriver instead.

But then it will be really easy to use.

And nobody else will ever be able to figure out how to use your hammer.

And the hammers come from a AbstractHammerBuilderFactory.

But it comes in any color you want!

** I'm sure that other people have come up with the same jokes so I'm not claiming any amazing originality here. I couldn't find a system to look up joke patents.

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