Using/Mixing C in C++ code?

Question

Is using C in C++ bad?

Many people have told me that using C in C++ is bad because it\'s not as safe, and it requires more memory management. I keep telling them tha

Answer 1

Yes it's bad to mix C and C++, any the reason has nothing to do with performance or security:

It is bad cause of a maintainability:
* a C++ programmer expects all code to behave like C++.
* a C programmer expects all code to behave like C.

So when you mix C++ and C, you break both programmers expectations on how things should work.