Bjarne Stroustrup on Concepts and the Future of C++

I'm halfway through, and there's a strange conflict between the interviewer and Stroustrup. The interviewer won't let go the idea that Concepts completely failed and are now dead. Stroustrup is doing a good job of explaining why he doesn't think they failed (and I agree) and that they're not dead.<p>This is worth reading because what Stroustrup says has value, but the questions themselves are loaded.

I don't know Mr. Stroustrup, but I have exchanged emails with him. He's always very pleasant and professional in the emails (even when dealing with a nobody such as me). Just like in this interview... I believe he's a genuinely nice guy.<p>Personally, I get a lot of use out of C++ (with or without concepts to further firm-up the language). It will be a major language for many decades to come. It's not perfect (no language is) and it evolves slowly. Regardless of the ISO standard happenings, knowing C++ will help you become a better, more mature programmer.

I agree about the sensationalist tone noted in other comments here.<p>However, and I have been away from c++ for a while, it is not clear that there is any widespread practice behind concepts. It seems to almost always be a mistake to design features at the standardization level. Does anyone remember the 'alias' C keyword disaster?<p>My thinking now, obviously corrupted by prolonged exposure to python and now lisp, is that C++ is more complex than it needs to be or than is useful. When in "Modern C++ Design" Andrei Alexandrescu presents C++ topics that amaze Scott Meyers, maybe we need to take a step back. Yes, I know that is Bjarne's major gig.