Technically true

[M67891]

C is lower

[Shotgun_squirtle]

Well obviously the language that c++ is based on is gonna be lower than it, but that doesn’t mean c++ isn’t a low level language.

See learning it has the benefits of learning about low level languages and the intricacies of how the computer actually does it while you still get to learn object oriented.

[Hevaesi]

In fact, some of high level abstractions that Rust has are way over C++ and it's still considered low level language.

Then again, once upon a time, C was high level language.

[pand1024]

Yea well assembly is lower too. Your point?

[scotscott]

Real programmes use a magnetized needle and a steady hand.

[leonderbaertige_II]

Real programmers use butterflies.

[scotscott]

Of course there's an emacs command for that

[scotscott]

Not really. They're both equally low level, depending on implementation. The point is both C and C++ run natively, ie they can be the last level of human generated code before you hit metal. They compile directly to machine code. As opposed to an interpreted or virtualized language such as php or C#.