>"Even as a C++ programmer with too much spare time, it has become obvious that learning and using all of C++ is beyond impractical." Who says on must know and

>"Even as a C++ programmer with too much spare time, it has become obvious that learning and using all of C++ is beyond impractical." Who says on must know and use all the features of a language (especially the monster like C++) to write good code / software. Check what you really need for your particular task and be happy. I've found modern C++ a breeze to use as long as I do not pretend to be a language guru. Writing some sophisticated STL like libraries is highly specific and involved task and person/s doing that are not doing much of anything else so they would know all the of relevant C++. Using those libraries however is way way easier, the code looks pretty clear. I use modern C++ to write various business servers. To me it is a single tool or two with clear and relatively easy subset of a powerful language. When I compare it with the monstrosity of some standard "modern" back-end stacks/toolsets C++ is starting to look like a small fish.