Comment by pjmlp

> If they want to use C++ they can sit down and actually learn it, radical though that idea might be.

I was always radical since the 90's, the C vs C++ discussions we have nowadays, I used to have them on USENET.

Even before C++98, the language already provided a sanity path to get rid of many of the typical C exploits and programmer errors, but those guys will never leave C.

Which with the success of free UNIX clones like *BSD and GNU/Linux, means we will never get rid of it until there is a radical change in computer architectures.