Yes, C++ is too complex. I know it well, and these days I would recommend against learning it; but for those who already know it, it’s hard to beat. The languag

Yes, C++ is too complex. I know it well, and these days I would recommend against learning it; but for those who already know it, it’s hard to beat. The language is basically designed to be powerful at the expense of usability—a strange tradeoff, certainly, but one that’s worked remarkably well in practice. Also, it’s my understanding that new additions to C++ are very carefully considered. Far more proposals are made than make it into the standard. And just because you don’t see the use doesn’t mean that no one else does: the language is applied to a remarkably wide variety of problems. Anyway, it is possible to write reusable, readable, secure, performant code in C++. Whether it’s worth it to try is another question entirely.