> why didn't it take this long for C++ or Java or Go or Rust to become mainstream PITL languages? Java and Go have had corporate behemoths sponsoring them, som

> why didn't it take this long for C++ or Java or Go or Rust to become mainstream PITL languages? Java and Go have had corporate behemoths sponsoring them, some of the most powerful companies the world has ever seen. Rust has also had corporate backing of a sort, but I wouldn't call it a mainstream language anyway. C++, I don't know.