As it turns out, the Microsoft Office example is not a good one. Microsoft Office was written in C, and only relatively recently ported to C++. Please note tha

As it turns out, the Microsoft Office example is not a good one. Microsoft Office was written in C, and only relatively recently ported to C++. Please note that I didn't say it was rewritten in C++. It was ported to C++. That is, the minimum changes necessary were made to get it to compile without errors or warnings under a C++ compiler. That means, technically speaking, Microsoft Office is now written in C++, but it's still very much written in the style of C. Quite a few applications that use C++ are written this way. Speaking just for myself, I think C++ is scary-complex. There are a lot of corner cases and unexpected behavior to memorize. To be blunt, I think the complexity of C++ gets in the way of productivity. There is no question C++ has some nice features, I'm simply unconvinced they're worth the cost. I'll stick with C for low level, and pick from a variety of better and more sane (in my opinion) choices for medium and high level work. That being said, if someone is happy and productive with C++, that's great. There's room for lots of programming languages in this world, including C++. But please, don't look down on developers like myself that have rejected C++, for what we consider good reasons.