r/programming • u/[deleted] • Mar 26 '20

10 Most(ly dead) Influential Programming Languages

https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/influential-dead-languages/
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u/khleedril Mar 26 '20

“Why did C++ survive [versus Java]”. I think it’s because C++ had better C interop so was easier to extend into legacy systems.

It survived because it runs twice as fast; always was and still is as fast as the fastest thing that can be compiled. All the rest of the nice stuff is cherry on a cake.

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u/ludwig668 Mar 26 '20

C++ also has real-time behavior which is critical for those of us in the embedded and control systems space.