I still see you didn't read what I wrote. Please, just take a moment to read before firing off a comment.

I didn't make the claim that C++ is losing popularity, but I did mention some sources that do. These are marginal, not dramatic declines. Certainly not a terminal decline.

- Number of people searching Google - https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2012-07-31%202...

- Number of questions asked on StackOverflow that month - https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends?tags=java%2Cc%2B%2...

A far cry from the claim that it's "dominating and gaining", as you said.