You can learn and use C++ in 2018 and be perfectly happy with it.
This article is arguing that for safety/security, you shouldn't use it. For the majority of projects that are more complex than Hello World, you'll be venturing out of "relatively safe".
This article is arguing that for safety/security, you shouldn't use it. For the majority of projects that are more complex than Hello World, you'll be venturing out of "relatively safe".