Given - “the abandonment of C/C++ for mainstream programming”.
Really?
Name any OS which isn’t coded in C/C++. I mean, a real one.
Name any Office package which isn’t coded in C/C++. I mean, one with measuable market share.
Name any database which isn’t coded in C/C++.
Name any X which isn’t coded in C/C++. Where X = webserver, application server, financial application, image analysis package, etc.
I think your definition of “mainstream” must be different from mine, because from my point of view EVERY mainstream program is written in C/C++, and nothing is even close.
Someday this may change - when pigs fly, maybe, or when hardware is SO FAST that performance doesn’t matter - but that day is not today.
Ole