Coming from Turbo Pascal background I tend to be very critic of unsafe by design nature of C and C++. Specially given my focus in compiler design during the university, which allowed me to have a broad focus and experience in many languages, the average HN crowd might not be aware of.
Having said this, I was already coding in C++ in MS-DOS around 1993 (Turbo C++) and only used plain C when forced to do so.
So I have been part of the C++ community since the early PC compilers were available, and experienced this C vs C++ for quite some years now.
The funny part is remember the performance complaints back then about C and C++, that nowadays people state in HN about languages trying to replace them.
Having said this, I was already coding in C++ in MS-DOS around 1993 (Turbo C++) and only used plain C when forced to do so.
So I have been part of the C++ community since the early PC compilers were available, and experienced this C vs C++ for quite some years now.
The funny part is remember the performance complaints back then about C and C++, that nowadays people state in HN about languages trying to replace them.
Oh, and I really like Boost.