Depends on how you define normal. :D I offended a lot of C++ fans, I guess. I guess what I meant is "vast-majority of devs out there". I did ~10 years of kern

Depends on how you define normal. :D I offended a lot of C++ fans, I guess. I guess what I meant is "vast-majority of devs out there". I did ~10 years of kernel/embedded myself. Generally people use C++ only when they really have to (like: they work in one of this niches, or want to get a job there). I've experienced myself many times when people would go with anything but C++ because of all it's faults, weaknesses and general infamy. And I also have seen some people that gave Rust a try and it went smoothly. They deliver a proper C++-level performance and resource control, without any of the problems and were happy about the experience. AAA-game/kernel/embedded are all lucrative (except games, lol), important and not tiny but they are still niche.