Why we stay with C++

Garbage collection is still garbage.
Zero-overhead principle. Nothing included by default.
As fast as C. C++ + assembler remains the fastest and most productive code.
C++ is easy to learn. Even the most arcane meta-template and pointer syntax can groked in a day(not professionally, just enough to use it). 
Alternatives to C++: Ancient languages and academic languages without any practical advantage over C++.

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~→$ ps aux | grep python
erl       3509  0.0  0.4 207372 16636 ?        S    Aug02   0:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/system-config-printer-applet
erl       5494  0.0  0.0   5160   776 pts/0    R+   18:11   0:00 grep python
~→$
Um, terrible?