> I do think (possibly for the same reason) that it is harder to write correct C++ code than it is to write correct C code I call BS on this. So many mistakes

> I do think (possibly for the same reason) that it is harder to write correct C++ code than it is to write correct C code I call BS on this. So many mistakes in C simply cannot be made in C++ if you follow the well-established coding patterns and don't try to switch to C-style code. e.g.: You just cannot simply forget to free any resource, because you never have to do it with RAII. You cannot forget to check a status code and return early because you don't have to; the exception will propagate until someone catches it. You cannot forget to initialize a vector because it initializes itself. I could go on and on. That said, there is a huge caveat to what I am saying above: I am comparing experienced programmers in each language with each other -- those who are basically experts and know what they're doing. I'm not debating whether it's easier to shoot yourself in the foot with C++ if you use it with insufficient experience (and part, though not all, of the reason is that you will probably write C-style code most of the time, and write neither proper C nor proper C++). I'm saying that an experienced programmer is much more likely to write correct code in C++ than C.