I can choose C or C++ in my workplace. I prefer primitive rather than clever (i.e. pompous) solutions to problems and therefore choose C. I also do not want t

I can choose C or C++ in my workplace. I prefer primitive rather than clever (i.e. pompous) solutions to problems and therefore choose C. I also do not want to spend a significant portion of my time in the hallway discussing language features, as I hear many C++-choosers doing outside my office most weeks. From this perspective, I could only be made happy with C++ if features were removed from it. I admit that I’ve hardly given the language a chance, but that is partly because I know I’ll make solutions even more pompous than the ones I’ve seen. I don’t think humans can help it.