There was a time not too long ago that nobody ever said "C++ remains", what they said was "Nothing can challenge C++". It was the "business programming" languag

There was a time not too long ago that nobody ever said "C++ remains", what they said was "Nothing can challenge C++". It was the "business programming" language. The fact that it's now "surviving" and "remaining" is a testament to how far it's fallen, not how successful it's become. It didn't rise from 0 to "used" over the last 5 years, that's something a new language Go can claim with pride; no - it went from "used everywhere by everyone" to "still used, somewhat". C is still more popular, at least according to TIOBE. Java stole it's crown for "enterprise" programming and Microsoft even pretty much abandoned it in favor of .NET. I'm not sure their massive push for "C++ is back!" that happened 'round C++11 has really met with that much success - the world moved on, honestly. There's fewer and fewer niches for it - the web could care less for it, heavy-duty "enterprise" programmers aren't giving up their safe and GC-based Java/.NET languages and giant 3rd-party eco-systems, and even video games now can be written in a higher-level language where only a small core 99% of people never interact with is in C/C++. The problem is, IMO, that it's too late for C++ to be a decent language. If the first iteration of it was C++11, then sure. But there are vast code bases out there written in the horrible mid-90's or late 80's dialect of C++ that aren't going anywhere. Even something like Qt isn't true "modern" C++, and don't get me started on MFC. Look at Google's official C++ guidelines - they barely allow any modern C++ into their code-base.