C++ developer choices in open source projects

[Sean Kelly via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 29 October 2014 at 14:58:39 UTC, Russel Winder via 
Digitalmars-d wrote:
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> Hopefully those companies then go to the wall. C++14 is the 
> only C++ in 2014.

Our current target platform is almost a decade old, so if current 
trends continue, C++14 will be the only C++ in 2024.

In all honesty, we're close to pushing through the use of a newer 
compiler, so C++14 will become a reality fairly soon, but I think 
most large companies are in the position where legacy code or 
legacy systems have them working a decade or more behind current. 
  Most C++ programmers I meet today still aren't comfortable with 
templates and the STL, if they understand/use them at all, and 
that stuff has been around for 20 years.