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That C code wouldn't work if the strings in the map are mutable (which they are in C++). It wouldn't work if the strings were allocated dynamically either. Once you write all the code required to get it working that way, the C starts comparing less favorably to C++.

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> That C code wouldn't work if the strings in the map are mutable (which they are in C++). It wouldn't work if the strings were allocated dynamically either

I don't see why not? You'll have to decide the ownership semantics if they're dynamically allocated but that's it?