How long will C++ be useful ?

[EEVIAC]

This might seem like a stupid question, but I havn't been learning C++ for very long, although I am making progress.

As hardware technology becomes more sophisticated and advances, where will C++ fit into all of it ?

Is it worth learning C++, this late ? Will C++ be obsolete anytime soon ?

[imi]

The guy who made it about the topic: http://www2.research.att.com/~bs/devXinterview.html (search for "obsolete")

Ciao, Imi.

[Bazzy]

http://www2.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq.html#decline

[AngelHoof]

Quoted from Bjarne:

When I talk with "language experts," the clamor for change is deafening, but when I talk with systems builders, the primary plea is for stability.

[moorecm]

It's hard to say. Its backward compatibility requirements make it both flexible and more taxing to learn with each revision/standard. At some point it has to become too difficult for new developers to learn.

I think more and more projects seem to be switching to C++ rather than from it. I doubt the language is even "middle-aged" yet.

[helios]

I'd say C/++ will not be entirely useless as long as the Von Neumann architecture is still around.

[Albatross]

Not even Assembly is completely dead yet. C++ will probably live on for quite some time.

-Albatross