What percentage of developers still learn C++? I did a semester of C in college but have been in VB, C#, Java, and JavaScript since, with a brief foray in Objec

What percentage of developers still learn C++? I did a semester of C in college but have been in VB, C#, Java, and JavaScript since, with a brief foray in Objective C on an iOS project. At the time I asked someone who was o to low level languages if it was better to learn C or C++ these days and I was told “C++ 2017” which might be fine if you never have to use legacy C++... or would learning C++ 2017 allow one to be productive in older Code bases as well? The idea of being able to write in a high level language to get something done quickly and then rewrite the areas in C++ that are the performance bottlenecks is very appealing to me.