Is C++ trying to be like D?

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 20 March 2016 at 10:18:26 UTC, Anonymouse wrote:
> On Sunday, 20 March 2016 at 01:18:06 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> Would one rather have a Ferrari Daytona replica made from a 
>> Corvette, or a Ferrari Daytona?
>
> Said crowd is made of die hard Corvette fans, who have been 
> historically downplaying the extra spiffs of the Ferraris as 
> useless.

What happened to the simple elegance of the 1960s Maserati?

https://youtu.be/rQ_6qk1aFnQ