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Why is it you think most major programs are built using C++? Most OS's, most drivers, most browsers, most games, most major applications, most compilers, most
by fishermanbill 6y ago
Why is it you think most major programs are built using C++? Most OS's, most drivers, most browsers, most games, most major applications, most compilers, most servers etc etc.
- thu2111 6y agoMost servers, definitely not. Consider that large chunks of Google, Twitter, Amazon, Alibaba etc run on Java.
- patrec 6y agoC++ completely dominates games, browsers (and a few things you don't list, such as competitive programming). It is certainly not marginal in the other areas you list either, but were do you get the weird idea that most operating systems and drivers are written in C++ (let alone most compilers, servers or "major applications")? Unix has completely won the OS market (what percentage of OS installs these days are unix derivatives? 99%+?) and I can't think of a single one that is predominantly or at all written in C++. Apart from lacking a browser, I'd be surprised if you couldn't run a fully functional linux desktop after deleting every single C++ application and library on your system.