New to Programming

Hi everyone,

I am a complete novice at computers and programming and right now, all
i need to know is that why do many people prefer C to C++? Is it just
because they are used to using C and are conservative about switching
over to C++ or is there some other reason?

Secondly, could you please tell me how the knowledge of C will help me
later on? I have a teacher here who just shrugged at this question and
replied that the knowledge of C will help me learn the other advanced
languages later on... Is this true?

Thank You for your help in advance,

Regards,
SG.

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