> Meanwhile there appear to be many people who (I must admit much to my puzzlement) seem to still enjoy writing C++ and want to add even more features and paradigms to it.

I enjoy C++. My general approach to programming is that you should make a domain-specific language to express your problem, and then solve it in that DSL. C++ is a good tool for that when you also need deterministic performance guarantees. So any "new feature" that allows me to write more expressive DSLs is welcome.