I wouldn't say that you ever "learn" c++, it's more a lifelong activity of understanding the intricate details various disjoint concepts and how they interact.

I wouldn't say that you ever "learn" c++, it's more a lifelong activity of understanding the intricate details various disjoint concepts and how they interact. I would say that it's a good thing to at least keep an eye on and have some understanding of. If not for anything useful then you can at least experiment with http://libcinder.org/ http://libcinder.org/. I do also find reading the c++ standards committee articles a worthwhile activity just to further my understanding of how things like lambda expressions can be implemented and their impact on other concepts.