Comment by mempko

That's why C++ is still around today, it was built on some solid principles. Bjarne is such a good language designer because he never abandoned it. Lesser designers make a language and start another in 5 or 10 years. Bjarne saw the value in what he created and had a sense of responsibility to those using it to keep making it better and take their projects seriously.

Whenever I have an idea and I start a project, I start with C++ because I know if the idea works out, the project can grow and work 10 years later.