[pinealservo]

The core semantics of the two are kept in close correspondence as new versions of the standards come out. There are a few points where C and C++ disagree on things that they have in common, but C programs will almost always compile as C++.

[morphar]

I would definitely like to learn more C++, when time allows, but as things are right now, I guess you can say, I use C++ as the easier C, regardless of how different they are underneath.

Someone joked by saying, it's like using JavaScript as the easier Java... Well... I get the idea, but C can compile with C++ programs, making it much more of a subset of C++, which I can re-use. That makes it a "no cost" tool to fall back on, when C++ is not available/possible.

They are very compatible tools! :)