I disagree with this. C has been around since the early 70's, and it's still quite popular. Reducing code size drastically probably means you're losing performance, capabilities, or both. Assembly still has it's place, like in a game engine where assembly is often used to give a performance boost. C++ is the same way. It will always have its place despite languages which are less complex.
the key are libraries, not the language itselft in my opinion.
you need a language to actually "talk" with the pc in the most direct, to print a bitmap for example, thus we will always need a low level language.
C++ can act as both low and high level. You can make libraries with C++, now you got nice libraries, you got da PoWa of high level C++
assembly, C and C++ are all still alive and quite well, than you very much. Just because the hardware may be getting more complex does not mean the demise of those languages any time soon -- probably not in my lifetime anyway. MS-Windows is difficult to learn, and X11/Motief for *nix is even more difficult. But after you are over the learning curve (about a year or so of intensive training) its not really that bad.
You use the programming tools for the job you want to do. I wouldn't think of writing a web application with assembly, c or c++. HTML (and variants) for browser clients. I don't know C# so can't comment. Nor would I use HTML or java to write PC business applications, c++ does the job nicely.
Reducing complexity--in this case
So is C++ getting too complex for today's technology? I think a better question is "Can C++ adapt to today's more complex problems?" From past experiences, I think so because C++ has been very good at changing to meet the needs of us programmers. There's no reason why we can't step up to the plate and make C++ a better language for todays technology.
Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.
