Here we go again: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5996425 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5996425 C++ is a tool just like any other language. It is n

Here we go again: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5996425 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5996425 C++ is a tool just like any other language. It is not the answer for every question, but it is pretty good. Some companies use it heavily and they are pretty successful: Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Facebook, OKCupid etc. So C++ is useful, even for Web. BTW, it is used to implement PHP, Java Virtual Machine, Ruby, Windows and so on - that went reasonably well too.