Why do people still use C when they have C++? [closed]

Question

My question is this, why do people still use C when they have C++? I've studied C because it is considered the language on which programmers communicate and is recommended for any programmer to know. I've then passed to C++ and I now think, why do people still use and program in C? As far as I see, C++ is more powerful (has OOP aspects in it), it is as fast as C and overall just seems to be better. I've seen people dislike C++ because it is too hard to code in.

Answer 1

C is much simpler, and more fun to program in.

But what's more, the compiler is much much easier to write so there are still lots of environments where you can either only get a C compiler or the C++ compiler is far inferior (buggy, slower, generates bloated binaries).

Answer 2

C is often used for hardware programming, some microcontrollers and similar hardware often have a compiler which turns C code into native instructions for it. It makes programming those pieces of hardware much simpler than writing raw assembly.