Why still use C++?

So, why do people still use C++ if it is so complicated? Here is what I was thinking tonight. I was watching that lecture about the C++ Renaissance, but a lot of the code was so messy even for very basic stuff. Also, the libraries were very limited to just basic computational stuff. Then we look at things like Java or Lisp were the already given libraries can do things like GUI and concurrency (C++ took a long time to catch up). Everything is pretty safe and easy to code. I do not understand why so much of the industry still uses C++.

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the problem is still the heap/stack distinction.

The cool thing about normal closures is that they obliterate that distiction. This is why C++ lambdas are not impressive. It's another example of C++'s attitude of creating syntactic pseudo-abstractions that don't actually buy you anything.