If I were a badass coder I wouldn't need cheap gimmicks like faux french, people would just say "oh that's the guy who designed the USB subsystem in the kernel. among other things". So I'm just a lamer
But yeah c++ has a pretty battered reputation among a whole lot of hardcore coders, that I can tell you. But not C. C is a small language, somewhat limited but okay for what it does. C++ is a monster, possibly the biggest language in the world and soooo many ways to use wrong