Virtuals are minor problem

What you describe is not a problem if you use libraries that you know properly. The you will know what happens if you write A=B and }. It is just that a C programmer is used to the fact that a function will not be called "=" (and will be called as a function, not as an operator). And is not used to the fact that by creating an object you are also making a call to its destructor. Of course, it is very easy to use these features to make code unreadable, but as I said, use libraries that you know (and that don't do nasty things) - a badly designed C library can also make for confusing and unreadable code.