The new C++ is unquestionably preferred to the old C++ (when nothing was standard or built in, everybody spent ages trying to build Boost, and so on). Software

The new C++ is unquestionably preferred to the old C++ (when nothing was standard or built in, everybody spent ages trying to build Boost, and so on). Software development / computer programming is complex. Hiding complexity is bad. News at 11. /s So, that said newcomers are free to pick their poison regarding tech stack, language, etc. They can use something simple, easy, friendly, and sort of self-contained. Let's say Ruby on Rails, Django, or C# stuff. Inevitably they'll very soon run into the problem of managing dependencies, platforms, native code, security considerations, performance issues, etc. Everything is a trade-off after all.