Yes, because while it isn't fullproof due to copy-paste compatibility with C89, at least it offers better tooling for safer coding, provided one doesn't code "C with C++ compiler".
Namely:
- proper string and vector types (most compilers allow to enable bounds checking anyway)
- stronger rules for type conversions
- reference types for parameters
- better tooling for immutable data structures
- memory allocation primitives instead of getting sizeof wrong to malloc()
- collection library instead of reinventing the wheel in each project
- RAII
- smart pointers
- templates instead of error prone macros
- namespacing (usefull in large scale projects with prefix tricks)
Namely:
- proper string and vector types (most compilers allow to enable bounds checking anyway)
- stronger rules for type conversions
- reference types for parameters
- better tooling for immutable data structures
- memory allocation primitives instead of getting sizeof wrong to malloc()
- collection library instead of reinventing the wheel in each project
- RAII
- smart pointers
- templates instead of error prone macros
- namespacing (usefull in large scale projects with prefix tricks)