Why I still use the abbreviation C/C++

- I was born in the 80s, coded C and C++ in the 90s when I was a teenager.

- I'm old school.

- Dr Dobbs Journal and C/C++ Users Journal used to be publications I'd read.

- C++ is a superset of C, and relies on C idioms such as pointers, arrays, functions, etc. Whilst it might be arguable that it's not a strict superset (some things in C will create an error in C++ compilers), it's often thought of a superset because it began as C with classes.

- C++ still has the inline assembler capability of C. This is the most powerful asset that C/C++ has together -- the ability to hand-optimise inline assembly. Other languages you find nowadays don't have that capability.

- I'm sure I'll anger some people with religious ferver, but they're probably not old school enough to appreciate C++'s heritage and are jumping on the bandwagon of whatever seems cool to call C++ these days.