Well I still use it (and Python) for fun for my own high-performance stuff - there's no other language out there (yet, without having to install custom compiler

Well I still use it (and Python) for fun for my own high-performance stuff - there's no other language out there (yet, without having to install custom compilers) that allows speed, flexibility and encapsulation... Good points though - there are huge ecosystems out there in the games / graphics / VFX industries of C++ code and libraries, and I doubt any of it's going away any time soon.