Despite the current explosion in programming languages, C++ soldiers on. It is the fourth-most popular programming language, per the July 2013 Tiobe index. (You can find the latest index at http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paper- info/tpci/index.html.) The 2011 ISO standard (ISO/IEC 14822:2011, aka C++11) brings features to C++ that may increase its acceptance...or at least soften objecti…