I've seen a lot of questions around that use improperly the expression "C/C++". The reasons in my opinion are:

  • Newbie C and C++ programmers probably don't understand the difference between the two languages.
  • People don't really care about it since they want a generic, quick and "dirty" answer

While C/C++ could sometimes be interpreted as "either C or C++", I think it's a big error. C and C++ offer different approaches to programming, and even if C code can be easily implemented into C++ programs I think that referring to two separate languages with that single expression ( C/C++ ) is wrong.

It's true that some questions can be considered either as C or C++ ones, anyway. What do you think about it?

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