No it's the new "I use go btw" (which itself is the new "just use python for that", which was the new "do it in java for portability". I wasn't old enough to wi

No it's the new "I use go btw" (which itself is the new "just use python for that", which was the new "do it in java for portability". I wasn't old enough to witness C++'s initial rise, but it was famous for it's hype squad and people selling it as a silver bullet. As was C (that slow language will never be as good as a real programmer doing it all in assembly is the story there IIRC)).