Interestingly, I recently auto-translated wget from C to a memory-safe subset of C++ [1], which involves the intermediate step of auto-converting from C to the subset of C that will also compile under clang++. You end up with a bunch of clang++ warnings about various things being C11 extensions and not ISO C++ compliant, but it does compile.
reply[1] https://duneroadrunner.github.io/scpp_articles/PoC_autotrans...
The one really funny feature of Objective-C++ is that it lets you write C++ using modern C features that haven't been pulled into C++, and you don't have to actually use the Objective part. Designated initializers before C++ got them were the main actually useful application of this.
replyI think C++ have caught up with C99 already. So it's late 90s, not mid-90s :)
replyWhat C features can you not realistically use from C++?
replyC11 atomics, C11 threads, variable length arrays, safely reading from an inactive union member, designated array initializers, compound struct literals, implicitly converting a void pointer to a typed one, and the list goes on.
replyPeople shoudld realize that since long ago C and C++ are not sub/supersets, but interesecting sets.
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