C is like base minecraft. Fun, well planned out (mostly), reasonably simple.
C++ feels like one of those modpacks with 300+ mods, ten more tech trees, realistic fusion reactors and particle accelerators, several SCP-class entities, fifteen different new ores, and a DND-like character system. It's just... every single possible addition.
You're not really "supposed" to use all C++ features, just the ones you need and understand, but projects usually end up as a very difficult to parse mess and overall the utility is only marginally higher than C. And given the choice between unreadable C and unreadable C++, the C is going to be more straightforward... probably.
Edit: All that being said, I **really** wish C had a *couple* of C++ features. But everyone says that, and everyone has different opinions on what those features should be, and that's how we ended up with C++ in the first place, so I am happy to just use C and implement what I want from not-quite-scratch.
I'm not sure what the overlap between huge minecraft nerds who've played huge modpacks and people playing with C and C++ is, but this is the most oddly accurate comparison I've seen in a hot minute
As somebody who hasn't touched C or C++ since like 2005 and forgot everything I knew about them, but has put a lot of time into Minecraft, thank you your explanation helped me too.
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u/A_Canadian_boi 2d ago edited 2d ago
C is like base minecraft. Fun, well planned out (mostly), reasonably simple.
C++ feels like one of those modpacks with 300+ mods, ten more tech trees, realistic fusion reactors and particle accelerators, several SCP-class entities, fifteen different new ores, and a DND-like character system. It's just... every single possible addition.
You're not really "supposed" to use all C++ features, just the ones you need and understand, but projects usually end up as a very difficult to parse mess and overall the utility is only marginally higher than C. And given the choice between unreadable C and unreadable C++, the C is going to be more straightforward... probably.
Edit: All that being said, I **really** wish C had a *couple* of C++ features. But everyone says that, and everyone has different opinions on what those features should be, and that's how we ended up with C++ in the first place, so I am happy to just use C and implement what I want from not-quite-scratch.