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Expert non sequitur, champ. You actually can deduce nothing about the relative merit of the language from the fact that people use it. Look at Bjarne's own words as to why sepples came about. It did fill a real need. But from day one it was a compromise. And that's also why it is still used. It's a compromise. It's not that C++ is a good language. It's that it is the only language that remains after a series of shitty compromises, like, "What language can we expect people to know?" Increasingly in games, for example, people build or use scripting languages on top of their engines. Why would they do this, if C++ is so great? --Even this contains a mistake. The language has no merit in comparison with other languages at any particular task. But companies do not solve particular tasks. People do not solve particular tasks. They solve a big problem, meaning, they compromise to find the solution that is a fit to all the tasks. C++ very unfortunately often remains after the series of compromises. Sun knows it is unfortunate; hence, Java. Microsoft knows it is unfortunately; hence, C#. Most people on
/prog/ know it is unfortunate. Aside from Bjarne, whose devotion to C++ I can forgive, no one else has any excuse for applauding the language.
Sepplesox looks to make some minor improvements, but I don't see much of the C++ FQA addressed in it, so it will still suck, just marginally less. Now, you could say, "But what else can be used in its place?" In some cases, just about anything, but in others, nothing.
Its unique position does not give it any additional value, however. Back in the day, there was a standard meter in Paris. Was it the best meter? It was just a fucking meter.