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I came from C++, where accidentally changing the wrong header file resulted in a 2 hour long build cycle. No thanks. Modern C++ has its good parts, but Go has made me enjoy the profession again.

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Interesting you said that. Recently, I started doing some work in C++ again to stay up to date with what's going on in the C++ world. Do you really feel it's not worth it? I'm thinking about something new to do, and C++ is what I picked. I started implementing a TUI email client.

The build time of C++ can be really long. I noticed it too.

I don't know, I guess it depends, what kind of software you are planning to write. All I can say is that learning C++ properly is a huge effort with diminishing results.

I'd say, invest your time wisely. Things are changing rapidly and old languages are usually solving problems that are not quite as important anymore as they used to be.

Thanks for the advice and i actually wxperience that diminiahing return you mentioned. I initially learnt programming with c++, so mostly picked it up again purely for nostalgic reasons to see where the language is now. It's become unmanageably large now! Where i live there isnt much work in C++, so job prospects are low for C++.

Im thinking of may be Rust or Go right now for more pragmatic reasons. Thank you for sharing your opinion.

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