C++ is still very heavily used in industries where speed (and memory compactness) matter.
Games, simulation, VFX...<p>For example, most software used to make film movies &#x2F; CG imagery: from modelling (Maya, SI), to texturing (Mari), to rendering (PRMan, Arnold, VRay, Mantra, Hyperion, Manuka), to compositing (Nuke).<p>And it probably will be for many years to come as there&#x27;s such an infrastructure there.