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eh, check that modules is what you think it is/should be:

Modules without buy-in from build tools (or a fresh build tool) will probably be DoA as Isabella says.

There is a fresh build tool that supports modules in the big three (GCC, Clang, and VC):

Yeah, i was hoping for the long overdue death of header files.

Herb Sutter's metaclasses proposal is what I'm most looking forward to which would go a long way towards addressing C++'s template craziness.

Never heard of that. I'll look into it.

Herb Sutter's talk about it is by far the best talk I've seen from from CppCon17.

"Meta: Thoughts on generative C++" - https://youtu.be/4AfRAVcThyA

Concepts were merged into the C++20 draft, at least.