[SkiFire13]

C++ is still changing quite a lot though, just not in ways that fix the existing issues (often because doing so would break ABI stability).

[pizlonator]

That is a reason why a lot of folks stick with C.

In some sense, the chasm I'm describing hasn't been crossed by C++ yet

[SkiFire13]

I'm not sure I'm following, are you claiming that C++ is still not widely used enough? That doesn't seem to be the case.

[pjmlp]

Except as you well know, C might not change as fast, but it does change, including the OS ABI.

Those folks think it doesn't.