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Many libraries only expose C or C++ APIs. Some of these libraries are hard requirement, like OS kernel APIs or GPU APIs.

Insufficient SIMD support in other languages, Intel only supports their intrinsics in C and Fortran.

Tools for C++ are just too good, IDEs, debuggers, profilers.




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