I think it really depends which lens you're looking through and which communities you're a part of. C++ is still one of the most popular languages around: htt

I think it really depends which lens you're looking through and which communities you're a part of. C++ is still one of the most popular languages around: http://langpop.com/ http://langpop.com/ It's naturally de-emphasized in the web world, but there's still a huge amount of C++ being written. Most desktop and a large percentage of systems, mobile, scientific and embedded code is written C++. There's just relatively little cross-pollination between those worlds and the web world.