On: Why would you learn C++ in 2016?

[tachyonbeam]

There already is a "reversal", to some extent, in that statically typed languages are making a comeback.

However, the performance of dynamically typed languages has also improved a ton. It's not unrealistic to think that you could write simple JS code and get about 50% of the performance of an equivalent C function, possibly more.

[Klathmon → tachyonbeam]

you are already there for some admittedly contrived situations.

Things like simple loops that work on typed arrays in javascript can really give C/C++ a run for their money right now.