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by sseagull 1698 days ago
Still used a lot in scientific programming. Especially with long-lived projects, but even now new C++ projects start up.

It’s a combination of institutional knowledge, domain-specific libraries, and low-level, hpc capabilities that keep C++ being used.

(C++ for low-level stuff, python for the glue is a common paradigm in scientific computing)