[stingraycharles]

Well, you kind of have your answer right there: it’s a language designed by committee, not by “the industry”.

This has been my biggest problem, and I say this as someone who has been on and off developing C++ for over 2 decades.

At the same time, it’s a safe bet to say that C++ will still be around in another 2 decades.

[pjmlp]

Don't forget that same applies to C.

[roca]

And COBOL.

[pjmlp]

Yeah, however at least COBOL wasn't designed without bounds checking, or pointer based strings, in 1959 hardware.

[zombot]

In 1959 people still made mistakes. By the time C came around, human error was all but eliminated. /s