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C is old. C++20 is as modern as anything, and more than most.

But C++20 is very different from the dialect supported by an old Watcom compiler. :)

True, but there is no need to confine oneself to an old Watcom compiler just to generate 80286 code. We had cross compilers even back then.

As old I meant date of creation of language. C++ is over 30 years old now, even if it changes A LOT between versions.

For example NIM is "new", same with Rust.