Due to its incredible reliability, performance, and versatility, C++ remains in high demand even in 2021 . A significant application of C++ is video game development. Many major video game studios use Unity Engine, PhyreEngine, and Unreal; all are based on C++.
Read moreIs C++ growing in popularity?
There’s no arguing with the language’s ongoing popularity. The numbers are clear in the June 2021 TIOBE index – C++ is the fourth most popular programming language on the planet, grabbing almost 7.5% on the index , and nipping at the heels of C, Java and Python.
Read moreIs C++ still relevant in 2020?
OK, obviously C++ is still one of the most widely used languages and it will continue to be in 2020 . The combination of performance and abstraction it offers has made it useful in many domains where the only alternative would be C. In cases where C is the only alternative, well, C++ can seem pretty appealing.
Read moreWhat is the fastest programming language in 2021?
There may be cases in which one language might be faster than the other language but for the majority of the cases, the below list is acceptable.
Read moreWhat is Octoverse?
The State of the Octoverse analyzes data from millions of developers & repos to share trends across working habits, productivity, and career satisfaction .
Read moreHow do I see stats on GitHub?
You can find the link to the left of the nav bar . You should have a look to repoXplorer, an open source project I develop. It is able to compute stats for a project (a group of git repositories) as well as for a contributor and a group of contributors. It provides a REST interface and a web UI.
Read moreAre viruses allowed on GitHub?
Any virus or malware can be uploaded to a repo on GitHub without repercussion . So whether GitHub is dangerous or not will depend on how you use it. Enormous software companies use GitHub without any negative consequences so in the right hands GitHub is safe to use.
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