In my perception there is a group of considerable size who thinks that C++ is largely b*s*, but still uses C++ (technically) for one reason or another (availabi

In my perception there is a group of considerable size who thinks that C++ is largely b*s*, but still uses C++ (technically) for one reason or another (availability of compilers, interfacing with existing ecosystems, availability of jobs) - in a way that is basically C with almost no C++ features. This is a group of people that considers themselves systems programmers in the first place, and doesn't really care about the language very much, except that they don't want to have to deal with stuff like this: https://twitter.com/fabynou/status/784905829866614784 https://twitter.com/fabynou/status/784905829866614784 I don't see any reasons for the people in this group to not consider them "C/C++ programmers". Au contraire, I've found the people that like to point out that "C/C++ isn't a language" to be annoying nit-pickers that care too much about the language and too little about systems programming.