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by indy 147 days ago
C++ has many things, and that is why many programmers want to stick with C
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if you don't like those things, then don't use them
Some people would rather have a pen knife than a Swiss army knife.
or perhaps a pointed stick?
There are also some things in C that do not work or work differently in C++, such as (void*), empty structures (which in C++ are not really empty), etc; and there is also such C++ stuff such as name mangling, the C++ standard library, etc, even if those things are not a part of your program, which is another reason why you might prefer C.