We C++ devs haved moved away from C decades ago, and frankly dont even think of it any more, and will never go back. Its a relic of its time, like DOS, Amiga etc. RAII is a big feature we can no longer live without. The type system and overloading is fantastic. And std::vector is a magnificant feature. A language without these features is a relic for us C++ devs.
And yes, I also agree that C++ has WTF insanity, like 17 or so initialisation quirks, exceptions in general (primarily to address failures in constructers, surely there must be a better way, also OOM / bad_alloc is a relic from the past), and unspecified sizes for default built in types (thats C heritage).
I moved from C++ back to C and found that I am much more productive not worrying about a lot of things. But it takes a while to figure out how to do things in C because almost nothing comes out-of-the-box.
And yes, I also agree that C++ has WTF insanity, like 17 or so initialisation quirks, exceptions in general (primarily to address failures in constructers, surely there must be a better way, also OOM / bad_alloc is a relic from the past), and unspecified sizes for default built in types (thats C heritage).