You can just use features of C++ which improve the ergonomics of C; it's not necessary to buy into modern C++ wholesale. If you want to write a C program but wi

You can just use features of C++ which improve the ergonomics of C; it's not necessary to buy into modern C++ wholesale. If you want to write a C program but with generic container types, just use the features of C++ which facilitate that. > And the ergonomics of modern C++ look absolutely horrid compared to actual modern languages. True, but if you want to write "C as it is, with some niceties", then you're not talking about modern languages.