One kernel driver is nothing in 28 years of development, the head of Windows security (David Weston) is the very first to admit C++ is not going away from Windows that soon.
I am fully aware of all those efforts, several links have been posted into HN from me, you can find all of them on my submission history.
A language alone, without the ecosystem, certified compilers and plenty of other industry needs isn't enough, it takes time.
Food for thought, despite all the best efforts and almost painless compatibility, after 40 years, there are still industries that would take C over C++ without wasting a single second thinking about it.
I am fully aware of all those efforts, several links have been posted into HN from me, you can find all of them on my submission history.
A language alone, without the ecosystem, certified compilers and plenty of other industry needs isn't enough, it takes time.
Food for thought, despite all the best efforts and almost painless compatibility, after 40 years, there are still industries that would take C over C++ without wasting a single second thinking about it.