In my opinion, simpler is often better than complex. C++ gives control over memory layout and memory (de) allocations. Aside from complexity of newer C++ templa

In my opinion, simpler is often better than complex. C++ gives control over memory layout and memory (de) allocations. Aside from complexity of newer C++ template/stl features, it becomes harder to stay in control of memory (and performance). Also, code becomes harder to read. Hence in games (and often in embedded) the use of C-style C++ is popular.