I've met lots of people who code C++, and advocate C++.
I've met lots of people who code Java, Ruby, etc and advocate those.
I've met very few people who've shipped one product using C++ and another using Java/whatever - but those who have? They advocate using C++ sparingly if it all.
Bottom line: if you goal is to have beautiful classical music in the background for your party, then you could hire Joshua Bell, you could spend years trying to become Joshua Bell, or you could buy a fucking iPod and move on to the next problem.
I have shipped products in C++ and Java and would definitely advocate C++ over Java in almost every situation. Java manages to be more verbose and less powerful at the same time. Then again I currently use Python mostly, so I guess I am using "whatever" but I do not think Java/whatever is a valid category.
I'd argue a skilled polyglot developer probably wouldn't advocate using C/C++ until necessary, optimizing for development time. Later, as performance problems arise, it can simply be another tool to employ.
I've met lots of people who code Java, Ruby, etc and advocate those.
I've met very few people who've shipped one product using C++ and another using Java/whatever - but those who have? They advocate using C++ sparingly if it all.
Bottom line: if you goal is to have beautiful classical music in the background for your party, then you could hire Joshua Bell, you could spend years trying to become Joshua Bell, or you could buy a fucking iPod and move on to the next problem.