Despite the hype around certain newish languages, and their promoters' desperation to denigrate what they see as the competition, C++ usage is still growing very, very fast. In any given week, more people pick up C++ for the first time than have ever heard of the new ones.
Up until the pandemic hit, for several years running, more people attended each ISO C++ Standard meeting (in places as far-flung as Hawaii and Prague) than any previous meeting. Attendance at C++ conferences, and at the same time the total number of C++ conferences, including for smaller and smaller regions, has shot up year after year.
So any perception that C++ use is in decline, or even not exploding, is wholly a product of propaganda. C++ people code while others hype.
But that‘s not even what I‘m talking about as it merely reflects the fact that C++ has been replaced by higher level languages for development of regular business applications.
What I‘m saying is that now for the first time there is actual momentum behind a language that is a suitable replacement for C++ in its remaining core domains.
And that momentum is driven by serious computer science concerns within large companies rather than by the usual suspects when it comes to hype cycles.
I‘m not predicting C++‘s decline. I‘m merely saying that it would no longer surprise me as there is now both the substance and the momentum to drive such a development.
Up until the pandemic hit, for several years running, more people attended each ISO C++ Standard meeting (in places as far-flung as Hawaii and Prague) than any previous meeting. Attendance at C++ conferences, and at the same time the total number of C++ conferences, including for smaller and smaller regions, has shot up year after year.
So any perception that C++ use is in decline, or even not exploding, is wholly a product of propaganda. C++ people code while others hype.