I've worked (not just played with) almost twenty languages in a career about the same length in years.
I'm well aware of the things C and C++ are used for. I'm currently mostly working in Rust at that moment to make use of libraries in C++. But I think web development easily swamps that kind of work in terms of number of developers.
> But I think web development easily swamps that kind of work in terms of number of developers.
does it though. IBM alone, a service company, has 380000 employees. And there are tons of service companies like that - at least in my country they are mostly doing Java and the like.
I'm well aware of the things C and C++ are used for. I'm currently mostly working in Rust at that moment to make use of libraries in C++. But I think web development easily swamps that kind of work in terms of number of developers.