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It depends on where and how you want to use the language.

• alexvoda 6y ago
  And it depends on what you consider better. If C++ never had any (sort of) backwards compatibility with C, I would probably say that C++ is better. But the way it is today, C is a simple language (good) lacking a lot of features that have become common in other languages (bad). C++ is the most capable and featurefull language (good) but it is a continuously evolving monstruousity and (for the usecase of C) lacks a sable ABI. The downsides of each result in extensive use of metaprogramming or radically different stacks resulting in very little common ground between different programmers. There is no equivalent to "JavaScript the good parts". There is no one true way to write something like in Python. This puts a lot of responsability on the programmers instead of putting it on automated tools (compilers, linters, etc.). This is why I favour newer languages like D, Nim and Rust for low level (manual memory management), and something with a garbage collecting VM like Python, Go, C# for higher level. But in the end it doesn't matter which is "better". You will probably use the language used by the platform or stack you want to use. Or the language used by your employer or university teachers. If the question is which one to learn, that is entirely different and it's a question about career planning.