Subj : Re: C++
To   : Nightfox
From : Dr. What
Date : Tue Nov 12 2019 06:52 pm

-=> Nightfox wrote to Dr. What <=-

 Ni> Python is getting more popular, but I'm not sure how much C++ might be
 Ni> waning.  C++ started to gain a lot of modern features with C++11, and
 Ni> there are new C++ standards coming out about every 3 years now (there
 Ni> has been C++11, C++14, and now a C++20 is planned for next year.  I
 Ni> think the more modern features being added to C++ may be helping its
 Ni> popularity right now.

I base my statement on the fact that the last time I used C++ was about 20
years ago.  Everything that I've done professionally has been in something
else.

Many of the programming jobs today are in the web area.  C++ isn't there.
You might get some C/C++ in the IoT area, but with the popularity of
Micro/CircuitPython, even that area is looking to move away from C in the long
term.
Android development is primarily in Java (although you can still do some C++
stuff there).
In my current company, the big product that they have is all C# (which has
little to do with C).

So, like COBOL, C/C++ isn't going away anytime soon.  But demand for it is
dropping and the programming community is actively looking for something to
replacement (it's hoped that Go will do it).
 
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