> C++ is not necessarily popular for its merits. Inertia has a lot to do with it. This personal assertion says nothing about C++ other than stating you have an

> C++ is not necessarily popular for its merits. Inertia has a lot to do with it. This personal assertion says nothing about C++ other than stating you have an irrational dislike for it. There are plenty of reasons that make C++ one of the most successful programming languages in mankind's history, if not the most successful, and inertia is not it.