And usage of C++ is still growing exponentially, so the number of lines of code is growing faster than our ability to rewrite/replace them. I know, it's a losin

And usage of C++ is still growing exponentially, so the number of lines of code is growing faster than our ability to rewrite/replace them. I know, it's a losing battle. We'll never do it. We are stuck with C++ until the end of time because of the sunk cost fallacy. If everyone who currently works on C++ instead switching to rewriting instead of adding, we'd be able to replace everything in 5 years. If C++ is only kept around because of a few libraries needed to implement the runtime of safe languages, then I would consider that some kind of victory.