> I think it's disappointing that we're given absolutely insane amounts of processing power where intel keep pushing the limits of physics, then developers keep

> I think it's disappointing that we're given absolutely insane amounts of processing power where intel keep pushing the limits of physics, then developers keep wasting that on inefficient languages like javascript, python, java, etc. It's called "economics". C and C++ are simply too cumbersome for most applications; most applications don't benefit from that speed (either because the deadlines aren't that critical or because the bottleneck is I/O) and their project deadlines can't afford the velocity tax they impose. Especially when many of those languages allow you to opt out of "slow" features (or FFI into C/C++/etc) for your hot path. Lastly, higher-level languages are improving: Go is probably the easiest language out there and it's almost as fast as C (in the same ballpark, but still slower) and Rust is far, far friendlier than C or C++ but it performs on par.