Mixing C and C++ from the point of view of a C++ engineer.

C++ Core Guidelines: Mixing C with C++

by Rainer Grimm

From the article:

The chapter in the C++ core guidelines is called: C-style programming. Honestly, my first thought was to skip it, but after more thoughts I decided to write about it. My reason is twofold:

1. This are the typical issues we have when dealing with legacy code.
2. One reader wanted that I write more about the challenges of legacy code.