Haha, yeah. I've read your first comment and thought to not bother with replying, as it's expected that majority of people out there are polarized by the media

Haha, yeah. I've read your first comment and thought to not bother with replying, as it's expected that majority of people out there are polarized by the media that tells them that "X is bad, all hail Y" (especially, modern web tech...), and I don't want to be a part of pointless discussions. You're yet another person who replied to my comments who argued against something different, i.e. you assumed that what I stated in my parent comment is that "you should program in C and enjoy doing it". In reality, I'm sharing my experience by telling that there's nothing scary about C++ once you know how to use C [so you can use the "Modern" part of C++ only when you will be in need to do that]. Many people do mistakes, but that's because they did not contribute enough time to understand the language and the principles of programming in general. Therefore, many of these people are eager to discuss about things that are not that important; imagine if they were to discuss something like how to make things better, instead of praising solutions that cause more friction (e.g. there's nothing wrong with having a programming language that gives you features like C++, but the important part is how they are implemented, because it depends on the efficiency of your program). People pretend to be experts, and miscommunication is one of the problems, which is also seen in this community, where people would argue even when all you need to do is ask a question if you didn't understand something, instead of insulting or saying that the advice is bad. >C is a small language that can be quickly learned by a beginner The C syntax can be learned, but it's not what's important. The important part is to understand how to use it, the C itself, and the concepts of programming, which is what beginners usually struggle with. >avoiding modern features in your particular projects The reason is the efficiency: how performant the program is (rendering 60 frames per second is a huge data stream, among other calculations); and the clarity (I like when my code is simple, and is not a mess).