Actually, C/C++ is a language. Where C++ is an incremental improvement over C, C/C++ is a mere fraction of C. (If C were 3 then C++ would be 4, thus 3/4.)
This is the common mistake people make. Since C99 (the latest standard for C and therefore the one in effect), C is no longer a subset of C++. If you do not believe it, read the C and C++ standards or learn it the hard way by debugging.;)
"but some sort of cultural reason you feel C and C++ need to be kept seperate--presumably because you like one a more than the other."
Yes, you can call C code from C++ and there is no problem as long as the C code still was compiled with a C compiler and then linked with your C++ code.
The very problem starts when people take code written in C and compile it with a C++ compiler!
Why? Because for the first look (and sometimes even the second) it works perfectly. But after a while debugging fuzzy problems you recognize that the syntax of the languages are indeed different and if the original programmer was not using a s**t load of brackets (not necessary in C) because he was aware that some morron someday might use a C++ compiler with this code, you are in trouble.
This is why I am pointing this out: if you are not aware that they are indeed different you might get into trouble.
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That broke with C99.
This is the common mistake people make. Since C99 (the latest standard for C and therefore the one in effect), C is no longer a subset of C++. If you do not believe it, read the C and C++ standards or learn it the hard way by debugging. ;)
Yes, you can call C code from C++ and there is no problem as long as the C code still was compiled with a C compiler and then linked with your C++ code.
The very problem starts when people take code written in C and compile it with a C++ compiler!
Why? Because for the first look (and sometimes even the second) it works perfectly. But after a while debugging fuzzy problems you recognize that the syntax of the languages are indeed different and if the original programmer was not using a s**t load of brackets (not necessary in C) because he was aware that some morron someday might use a C++ compiler with this code, you are in trouble. This is why I am pointing this out: if you are not aware that they are indeed different you might get into trouble.
Obviously the OP felt like something called "C/C++" is "the heavily used language" ... I did not read "languages". ;-)
There is no such thing like C/C++! C and C++ are different languages with different standards.