[uecker]

I was programming in C++ before switching to C and I would say that C++ adds a huge amount of mental load compared to C. I think one can understand how much of a relieve it is to not worry about everything C++ does only after not using C++ for a quite a while.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

Any time I go back to C from C++, it's only comfortable if I've got a C utility library that replaces most of std::

And that utility library (there are dozens of them) is just as subject to debate and issues as libstdc++

I am not going to implement my own C versions of 90% of the stuff std:: provides, sorry.

[uecker]

There is a difference between "needing a library" and "implement my own". One can just pick one. And even when implementing things yourself, one has to do this just once.