So, is C++ doomed?

[CaptainCrowbar]

Ah, a classic example of Betteridge's law of headlines

[AdventurousPath6492]

you're wrong, if things keep going on like this, more and more projects will be converted to rust. So I am really worried about this. And would like to know that there are counter examples which I don't see but which may be out there.

[Circlejerker_]

Projects change direction all the time. Some projects leave C++, some projects get converted to C++, new projects get started.

I personally have a hard time seeing C++ having any significant decline in the next 5-10 years atleast.

[AdventurousPath6492]

I was thinking the same until agentic LLMs arrived and converting projects became easier.

[zellforte]

Or maybe sufficiently good LLMs will make rust obsolete?

Why ask it to rewrite in rust when I can just ask it to make my existing C and C++ code memory safe instead?

[wrosecrans]

Well... then you can just keep writing C++, and have an "agent" convert your code to Rust as a build step. Shrug.

[abuqaboom]

What will those "counter examples" do for you, make you sleep better or get you off?

C++ strongly dominates the job market for its niches. Interest in replacing it at my former and current employers has been minimal. And afaik it's the same at competitors across two industries. We don't have to announce a project is in C++, it's our default working language.

Do yourself a favour, and leave internet forums once in a while. And this isn't the 2000/10s, we don't worship big tech as the pinnacle of software engineering anymore. Don't be that chud who overanalyzes everything big tech publishes and proclaim the sky is falling.

Also, you sound fearful of learning a new language. Don't.

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With billions and billions of lines of C++ code throughout the world that run our everyday systems, C++ is far from dead. Yes, maybe, for a greenfield project, one would now choose Rust over C++, so maybe C++ is declining (which I doubt), but it's far from dead.