> As someone who doesn't use C++, can anyone explain in a straightforward way why a low level language is going through so many new versions? Every major langu

> As someone who doesn't use C++, can anyone explain in a straightforward way why a low level language is going through so many new versions? Every major language evolves over time. Java 8, ES5 Javascript, Python 3 were all pretty major iterations of each language. Similarly, C++11 went as far as Java 8 in the number of things that it got up to "modern" standards of convenience and power. The goal seems to be towards offering some of the conveniences of heavier or more high-level languages, but with the power of a low-level language. > And is there big difference between the latest version and C++ from 5 or 15 years ago? From 5 years ago, probably not. 15 years ago, C++98 was likely to be the flavor of C++ being used. C++11 was still in early draft mode, and was called C++0x. Today, C++ can look like a dynamically typed language, e.g. using "auto" type inference for variables, lambdas, and range based loops. If you follow something like the Google C++ Style Guide, you'll never see a raw pointer (C++11 introduces reference counted smart-pointers). > How do you guys keep up when a huge language is continually changing? Major language iterations are generally pretty uncommon. Beyond that, following a good style guide that is maintained by other people.