That just seems to be a reluctance to learn and stay relevant? You can indeed get away with writing C++98 but the rest of the world keeps turning. I used to wo

That just seems to be a reluctance to learn and stay relevant? You can indeed get away with writing C++98 but the rest of the world keeps turning. I used to work with a guy who would hate all the "new stuff" and then belittle and berate newbies for not understanding his "simpler" code full of void* and COM code. A bizarre tradeoff of not learning anything new himself for 20 years, and then demanding everyone else knew what he learned 30 years ago. Inflexible. He'd still be using his Amiga if he had his way, cursing every new OS and computer system. The interesting thing about the newer C++ stuff is that it really does look like a new language - because it is.