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.