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Yeah, I think a better approach would be to state that a language popularity is determined by how much it makes you think that you can do useful things with it (even if it's a mistaken perception). Accessibility is pretty related, but this kinda explains C++ better, as it was "the language" used for all "serious" and "high performant" software, and therefore seen as the way to go for a lot of people. It was also what was used in a lot of other software you had to interact with, so in a sense that made it more accessible too: if you had to use it anyway, why not just stick with it all the way.