cast()x - a valid expression?

[Andrej Mitrovic]

Stroustrup: What happen ?
Meyers: Somebody set up us the bomb.
Spolsky: We get signal.
Stroustrup: What !
Spolsky: Main screen turn on.
Stroustrup: It’s you !!
Bright: How are you gentlemen !!
Bright: All your base are belong to us.
Bright: You are on the way to destruction.
Stroustrup: What you say !!
Bright: You have no chance to survive make your time.
Bright: Ha ha ha ha …