> A great strength of C is that if you want more features you just go to a subset of C++, no need to add them to C. C++ is the big, ambitious, kitchen-sink language. When C++ exists we don't need to bloat C.
This is a rationalization, and a bad one. When your solution is "just pull in another programming language", you have a problem.
This is a rationalization, and a bad one. When your solution is "just pull in another programming language", you have a problem.