I love c++, but honestly I see less reasons to use it instead of slower things like python ruby etc.

C++ is just too slow to compile and it's really not nice to use.

C++ is great to write libraries that need to be fast, but in general, most of what people write should be in interpreted languages, and when speed really matters, use C++ to remove bottlenecks.

Most of software doesn't need to be written in C++.