Someone on Medium Just Said C++ Was Better Than C (medium.com)

Developer David Timothy Strauss is publishing a call to code "straightforward, easy-to-reason-about approaches" -- in an essay titled "Choosing 'Some C++' Over C". (Alternate title: "C++ for Lovers of C." The problem with just picking C++ is that most criticism of it is legitimate. Whether it's the '90s-era obsession with object orientation and exceptions or the template errors that take up an entire terminal window, there have been -- and remain -- rough edges to C++. But, these rough edges are avoidable, unlike the problems in C that get worse with modern event and library programming. The opinionated essay calls for "adopting a subset of C++ to smooth out C's rough edges," arguing that C++ offer a better, type-safe approach for event-driven design (as well as destructors to avoid memory allocation leaks). Are there any readers who'd like to weigh in on the advantages of C versus C++?

Comments

Indeed

[hcs_$reboot]

"C++" > "C" (as long as > has not been overloaded..)

Re:Indeed

[allo]

In fact, it is not. Try it yourself:

#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    int C=0x11;
    if(C++ > C) {
        printf("C++ is greater than C\n");
    } else {
        printf("C++ is not greater than C\n");
    }
}

$ ./a.out
C++ is not greater than C

Re: Indeed

[Anonymous Coward]

Trick question. There is only one ada programmer.

I use awk

[jlowery]

enough sed. don't bash me.

Re:They both suck!

[david.emery]

On the other hand, monkeys prefer C, because the programs they generate by jumping on the keyboard have the best chance to compile.