Compare C++ and Ada. C++ standard is an order of magnitude bigger and more complex and yet C++ is thriving. So Ada's failure definitively is not due to the lang

Compare C++ and Ada. C++ standard is an order of magnitude bigger and more complex and yet C++ is thriving. So Ada's failure definitively is not due to the language complexity. C++ has been supported heavily by the corporate, too. Biggest C++ champion was Microsoft, after all.