Silly. He even gave up hope himself.
Here's a nice quote about C++ in relation to real programmers:
"The difference between a computer programmer and a computer scientist is a job-title thing. Edsger Dijkstra wants proudly to be called a "computer programmer," although he hasn't touched a computer now for some years. (...) His great strength is that he is uncompromising. It would make him physically ill to think of programming in C++.
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— Donald Knuth (1996), an interview with Donald Knuth by Jack Woehr of Dr. Dobb's Journal"