[davismwfl]

tl;dr; I think both C and C++ be around a long time. Just look at COBOL.

I learned C in the 80's and C++ in the late 80's/early 90's. I have heard every few years since probably 1996-97 how C/C++ were dead or dying languages and had no place in modern development. Yet they both have continued to grow in usage, especially with the IoT push.

I happen to still love working in both C and C++, not that they are the most productive or best tool for every job, but for high performance or low level, embedded etc they are still a great fit.

FWIW I feel most languages have a purpose and when used for those purposes they excel. However, when you use a shovel to pound in nails, it isn't the tool that is the problem. I do see languages like Rust replacing a lot of things C/C++ have been used for, but not everything.

Jobs are a little more selective for C/C++ in general, but there are tons out there and good C/C++ devs do well.