alt Hacker News> 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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raincole • today at 8:08 AM
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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bayindirh • today at 7:31 AM
Let's assume that it's because of AI for this case.
Is this good or bad?
visha1v • today at 7:29 AM
but do vibe coders even use c++? won't they use js or python?
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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.