I'm similarly irked when people say "C/C++" and I would prefer that people not confuse the two. I used to say "C/C++" before I gained sufficient knowledge to un

I'm similarly irked when people say "C/C++" and I would prefer that people not confuse the two. I used to say "C/C++" before I gained sufficient knowledge to understand the differences between the two languages, so if you say "C/C++" I know you're not an expert in either. Admittedly, the author did a phenomenally poor job at highlighting the differences that people should care about. Nobody cares about casting malloc or K&R syntax. People do care about compilation time, binary size, strong type systems, name mangling, debugging, complexity, error messages, embedding etc. Technical discussion aside, I'm saddened by the dismissive nature of the comments. Even if you're not at a point where you can internalize why someone else is asking to stop saying "C/C++", the unempathetic nature of the comments is discouraging.