Centreline Software Inc’s Object Center C++ has topped a new IDC survey: it holds a 57% share of the C++ market according to the research group, ahead of SmallTalk and Eiffel; IDC says 8% of the corporate sector is now using C++ in some form, a further 20% plans to buy it while 33% are in the evaluation stages; IDC estimates 57% of professional software developers are already using C++, 14% plan to buy, 22% plan to evaluate.
