const/immutable member functions

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> C++ is indeed complex and one of the reasons is its syntax (believe it  
> or not). There was even an academic project to re-syntax C++ with the  
> exact same semantics.
> Of course it's not the only cause of complexity in C++ but it is  
> definitely one of the main ones.

If that is the case, you are probably right, but still i can't quite grasp  
it.

> C++'s complexity has nothing to do with it's "power". D is as powerful  
> and is less complex to use which is why we are here and not on the C++  
> dev mailing list. for example, D's classes/structs are way better than  
> equivalent c++ code.

Well if you think the complexity has nothing to do with power, how can you  
use D as a counterexample? :)