2025 was another great year for C++. It shows in the numbers Before we dive into the data below, let’s put the most important question up front: Why have C++ and Rust been the fastest-growing major programming languages from 2022 to 2025? Primarily, it’s because throughout the history of computing “software taketh away faster than hardware giveth.” Our demand for solving ever-larger computing problems consistently outstrips our ability to build greater computing capacity, with no end in sight. E...