> Time to move on, C was already outdated in the mid-90,
Objectively false, given the consistent popularity of C.
Plus, of course, the bad things about C are also bad about C++, in that C++ is more similar to C than different from it.
Web browsers made JavaScript unavoidable, UNIX clones did the same for C.
C's copy paste compatibility in C++ is the Trojan horse that ended up being its security Achilles heel.
However even with that, the C++ community and ISO C++ actually care to improve the language security story.
The same cannot be told for ISO C.
Actually even Microsoft does more for it with its Checked C research and SAL security annotations.
I am more than happy if on Windows, C gets reduced to the subset required by ISO C++.
Time to move on, C was already outdated in the mid-90, versus C++ARM, Modula-2 and Object Pascal.
Microsoft Security center is quite clear on the damage it has brought to the industry.