Yeah at first blush. Then you look at when C++ was new and being standardized it was moving pretty damn fast compared to anything else. They had a whole catchph

Yeah at first blush. Then you look at when C++ was new and being standardized it was moving pretty damn fast compared to anything else. They had a whole catchphrase "Remember the Vasa!" In an attempt to justify curbing enthusiasm for at least some of the many and disperate proposals. Now, despite the big changes of C++11 as the watershed it has slowed and is doing better for it. Correlated? Maybe. Good taste should also slow the rate of change of "What do I have to deal with as a programmer in this language?" Also if the original language design that people found good enough to use was done really well then it shouldn't need too much change on top of it? Point taken, you can use C++ as an example for anything. Even opposing points. It really has it all! (Like it or not)