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> currently (as of Q3 2025) the fastest-growing of the top four languages in the world… +90% users in the past 3.5 years.

Because of AI, right?

C++ is one of the languages less suited to the strengths of coding agents.

The language which still supports C-style pointers, arbitrary datatype conversions, and inherits architecture-specific undefined behavior gives you too many ways to fail at solving a problem.

As a programmer, I love coding in C++ because I know what I'm doing. I'd hate reviewing C++ code though.

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If this is a rhetorical question I genuinely don't know what's the implied answer. Why would AI specifically make C++ grow?
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Let's assume that it's because of AI for this case.

Is this good or bad?

but do vibe coders even use c++? won't they use js or python?
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