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I switched to C because I could not stand the pain of using C++ anymore. I find C refreshingly simple. (Also, as a comment to other responses: C++ is not a sup

by uecker 1y ago

I switched to C because I could not stand the pain of using C++ anymore. I find C refreshingly simple. (Also, as a comment to other responses: C++ is not a superset of C, it is a fork from 95 with divergent language evolution since then).

jacquesm 1y ago
It is not a fork from 95. Cfront, the original C++ compiler was a new front-end for the C compiler from 1983 that output C which was then compiled regularly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cfront https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cfront
- uecker 1y ago
  Maybe, but it is 1995 when it diverged: https://isocpp.org/wiki/faq/c https://isocpp.org/wiki/faq/c Before it was an extension since then it is a fork.
  - jacquesm 1y ago
    I don't think we are using the word 'fork' in the same sense.
    - uecker 1y ago
      Maybe, but I do not see according to which definition of 'fork' C++ before its standardization in 1998 could be considered a fork. It was an extension.