Perfect skill reuse does not exist in our industry, one can at best hope that when the next thing hits one doesn't have to learn it from scratch. C++ offers a g

Perfect skill reuse does not exist in our industry, one can at best hope that when the next thing hits one doesn't have to learn it from scratch. C++ offers a good compromise between evolution and stability IMO, I could go back to doing C++03 and the tools, libraries, etc would still be there.