Apparantly, a lot of programmers are moving from C# and Java to C++. What was Stroustrup smoking? I have no doubt that it
does happen and that there probably are 3 million C++ developers but C++ has been around a while. I am betting there are more Java programmers or VB programmers or maybe even more C# programmers. It just hogwash (as the article says) that there is pilgrimage from the modern languages to C++. It's like selling your Expedition just so you can buy a Pinto. It happens but the people who do it are usually dazed and confused.
Check out the article here