C++ shares ubiquity with C and it's not because it's easy to parse. The reason is the same though: ISA authors know how to write backends for GCC, which is wha

C++ shares ubiquity with C and it's not because it's easy to parse. The reason is the same though: ISA authors know how to write backends for GCC, which is what they've done for 30 years when they want to get people to use their chip.