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On 24/08/2024 19:11, Bonita Montero wrote:
> Am 24.08.2024 um 00:03 schrieb John Forkosh:
>> I came across
>>       https://www.fastcompany.com/91169318/
>> where I was quite surprised, and very happily so,
>> to see C listed as #3 on its list of
>>       "Top 10 most common hard skills listed in 2023"
>> (scroll about halfway down for that list). Moreover,
>> C++ doesn't even make it anywhere in that top-10 list.
>> So is that list sensible??? I'd personally be delighted
>> if so, but I'm suspicious it may just be wishful thinking
>> on my part, and some kind of goofiness on the list's author.
> 
> I guess C++ is used much more often because you're multiple times
> more produdtive than with C. And programming in C++ is a magnitude
> less error-prone.

C++ incorporates most of C. So someone can write 'C++' code but can 
still have most of the same problems as C.

Meanwhile real C++ code has several times more boilerplate than C. HTF 
you can even discern your actual program amidst all that crap is beyond me.

There /are/ proper higher level languages than both C and C++. You can 
use one to help develop a working application, then porting that part to 
C is a quicker, simpler and safer process.