There have been many related efforts over the years. But inertia of large C codebases means that the industry at large keeps using C, limiting the popularity of

There have been many related efforts over the years. But inertia of large C codebases means that the industry at large keeps using C, limiting the popularity of such "forks". Why did C++ make it so big then? There's a good talk about this from Herb Sutter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIHfaH9Kffs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIHfaH9Kffs (Also check out minute ~20 for discussion of your exact question!)