C++ is a different language than it was even 10 years ago. The standard library is still lacking, but if you haven't worked with it in the past decade, I'd give

C++ is a different language than it was even 10 years ago. The standard library is still lacking, but if you haven't worked with it in the past decade, I'd give it another look. C++11 makes it bearable, later revisions make it very nice.