C++ has a long and successful history of application development, regardless of project size (from 0 to >100 MLOC; from 1 guy sitting in his attic to thousands of engineers). Much like Java it isn't "hip". Instead people like to use "hip" languages with an underdeveloped ecosystem. Typical example: analysis tools, e.g. code analysers, performance and profiling tools.
Comments like "couldn't they have used $niche-lang.org instead of [C++/Java/...]" bore me, to be honest.
Comments like "couldn't they have used $niche-lang.org instead of [C++/Java/...]" bore me, to be honest.