> There is zero excuses to C in userland in 2020.

I wouldn't go quite that far. I'm generally in the C++ camp (rather than C, that is) but there are significant advantages to a compact and stable language, and real disadvantages to a sprawling disaster like C++ that grows still more monstrously complex every few years.

This topic turned up a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21946060

Your point stands though: well written modern C++ should be much less prone to memory-safety issues than well written modern C.