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Why was C++ so popular?

• Garbage 15y ago
  Speed IMO.
• rednum 15y ago
  C++ and java seems to be two languages allowed in all algorithmic competitions and people are used to it. I think reasons for which C++ is the dominant one are a bit historical - for example when I started participating in those contests, all my friends used C++ and recommended me to learn it too (though now I think I'd stick with java; and in gcj I used common lisp).