> Then why are virtually all browser engines, high-performance games, and video codecs written in C++? Path dependence. There are only two lineages of widely u

> Then why are virtually all browser engines, high-performance games, and video codecs written in C++? Path dependence. There are only two lineages of widely used browsers today: Chromium/Webkit (coming from Konqueror, initial release 2000) and Firefox/Gecko (coming from Netscape, initial release 1994). Nobody's rewriting them. The same goes for video game engines and other high-performance software.