"I wrote a 3D engine in C++ many years ago and it still feels wrong" Only half of the reasons why C++ is so popular have to do with the language itself. The ot

"I wrote a 3D engine in C++ many years ago and it still feels wrong" Only half of the reasons why C++ is so popular have to do with the language itself. The other half is related to constraints, that don't have as robust solutions using other languages. Nobody is claiming C++ is a great language but for a lot of constraints there are no viable options.