To add, C++ has survived for many years as the defacto system-level programming language (C has too). It has survived good and bad shifts in software engineerin

To add, C++ has survived for many years as the defacto system-level programming language (C has too). It has survived good and bad shifts in software engineering. The old "C++ is not going anywhere" argument applies. C++ is not great choice for small, or transient projects. There are other languages that are a better investment for those projects. But if you're writing an infrastructure-level application, that is expected to have a shelf life in decades, C++ (or C) is a pragmatic and rational choice.