Comment by hackinthebochs

This is a good point and I agree. In fact, I think this really touches on why I always had a hard time understanding C++ code. I first learned to program with C/C++ so I have no problem writing C++, but understanding other people's code has always been much more difficult than other languages. Its facilities for abstraction were (historically) subpar, and even things like aliased variables where you have to jump to the function definition just to see if the parameter will be modified really get in the way of easy comprehension. And then the nested template definitions. You're right that how well relying on well named functional boundaries works depends on the language, and languages aren't at the point where it can be completely relied on.