on the exception handler part, i don't think you're forced to use c++'s try-throw-catch, you can still safely use the C-style exception methods, after all, c c

on the exception handler part, i don't think you're forced to use c++'s try-throw-catch, you can still safely use the C-style exception methods, after all, c can be used as a subset of c++, though not 100% of the time.