Errr... what?! C++ is a positive example of language change, because it keeps backwards compatibility, unlike Python where we're still having discussions about

Errr... what?! C++ is a positive example of language change, because it keeps backwards compatibility, unlike Python where we're still having discussions about 2vs3 after 8 years. Nobody is having discussions about C++14 vs C++98, the latter is better period. A C++14 compiler will compile C++98 code just fine in most cases. If it doesn't you get a compile time error. People are complaining about the opposite, that C++ is keeping compatibility for too long and that it has too many features. Both strategies have their pros and cons, but breaking seems to have more negative effects. C has done a great job of supporting buffer overflows on lots of platforms and injecting safety errors in all software that uses those libraries.