I am working on a device, where the initial code was written in 1995-1997 on a pre cpp98 compiler, the code has recently been updated to cpp11, I am sure we wil

I am working on a device, where the initial code was written in 1995-1997 on a pre cpp98 compiler, the code has recently been updated to cpp11, I am sure we will move to cpp14/17 soon. So this is slowly but steadily moving, even if very conservatively. On the other hand, Hell would freeze over before you could convince the business to throw the cpp codebase and replace it by anything else, without necessarily a lot of things to show to the customer. And as much as we like to criticize business decisions, here it is probably the right call. However, if you are startup starting today, it would probably be a good idea to consider other options, that could be used as an advantage against incumbents.