Why use C++

Why is C++ so useless and to all the C++ people here what do you use it for?

- It is useless for systems programming because you can just use C and every serious systems programmer does that and every serious kernel/driver programmer hates C++.

- There are nicer languages for userspace programming so why use C++? It doesn't even have garbage collection and its standard library is a joke. Not to mention all the things that are so horribly broken in this language.

Why use C++ at all? Seriously this language is useless and Linus Torvalds agrees.

If you call C++ useless, you don't know a fuckin shit about programming. If you apply for a programming job (not a shitty one), they will expect you to know C++. You should ask that for alternative languages, not for C, C++ etc.

For example, I'm a D fan and I use it on my personal projects all the time. But I know that I will never find a D job. C++ is the only choice for serious jobs (unless you find a very stupid company that uses java.)