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Re:On comparing languages, C++ and Go by eliasmacpherson on Sunday October 06, 2013 @07:52AM (#6503798)
Mainstream again? What's the majority of code being written in nowadays?
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Re:On comparing languages, C++ and Go by fauigerzigerk on Sunday October 06, 2013 @10:01AM (#6504108)
Most new application development is done in Java and C# (and perhaps JavaScript).

C++ is used for a long list of specialized tasks like embedded systems, games, in-memory computing, database systems, high performance scientific stuff, some low latency trading algos and a few core UI things like browsers. I don't consider any of those mainstream application development.

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