> 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?

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kirtivr 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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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raincole 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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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DesaiAshu 6 hours ago | parent [-]

A few reasons: 1. Header files make C++ verbose. Header files are well within LLM's ability 2. LLMs can handle setting up cmake for you 3. C++ is very well documented relative to (most) newer languages 4. LLMs can port modern features like websockets and build API wrappers easily, reducing the disadvantage against web (since most documentation is for JS/python/go)

Coding languages have been developing for speed of (manual) writing - akin to how human languages did with modern alphabets. Now that writing is a lot easier, languages will likely evolve towards a focus on execution (or in the case of human languages, speed of reading and precision of understanding)

	▲	imtringued 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		All of those seem like barriers that make C++ unappealing in general, but you're deciding to overcome the barriers using an LLM and seeing that as a strength somehow?
	▲	raincole 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yeah, C++, the language known for its speed of reading...

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bayindirh 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Let's assume that it's because of AI for this case.

Is this good or bad?

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visha1v 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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

	▲	tialaramex 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Reddit's r/cpp has always had some level of "My First X" posts where somebody goes from their first C++ lesson to being confident they've written the "World's Best X" in about a week. The AI slop made this much worse because now the author has been told by ChatGPT or whatever that they're a genius. All the popular PLs have this problem to some extent.