I get major Linux Stallman holy war vibes from this article. C and C++ are not the same, but to call them not closely related is just completely wrong. You can

I get major Linux Stallman holy war vibes from this article. C and C++ are not the same, but to call them not closely related is just completely wrong. You can basically copy paste C code and use a C++ compiler to compile it with very minor rewriting. Writing idiomatic code in C vs C++ however is very different.