Dude, most people I know who use C or C++ for their daily work tend to curse them. I wouldn't exactly call them popular. Of course, those same people then bite their tongue and go back to work, because they have actual work to do.
"There are two kinds of programming languages: those that nobody likes, and those that nobody uses." -- Bjarne Stroustrop
"There are two kinds of programming languages: those that nobody likes, and those that nobody uses." -- Bjarne Stroustrop