alt Hacker NewsYeah, you could argue that choosing C is just choosing a particular subset of C++.
The main difference from choosing a different subset, e.g. “Google C++” (i.e. writing C++ according to the Google style guide), is that the compiler enforces that you stick to the subset.
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ninkendo • yesterday at 8:55 PM
C's string handling is so abominably terrible that sometimes all people really need is "C with std::string".
Oh, and smart pointers too.
And hash maps.
Vectors too while we're at it.
I think that's it.
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C is not a subset of C++, there are some subtle things you can do in C that are not valid C++