> There is zero excuses to C in userland in 2020. I wouldn't go quite that far. I'm generally in the C++ camp (rather than C, that is) but there are significan

> There is zero excuses to C in userland in 2020. I wouldn't go quite that far. I'm generally in the C++ camp (rather than C, that is) but there are significant advantages to a compact and stable language, and real disadvantages to a sprawling disaster like C++ that grows still more monstrously complex every few years. This topic turned up a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21946060 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21946060 Your point stands though: well written modern C++ should be much less prone to memory-safety issues than well written modern C.