I think the first step is to explain to people that C++ is just C with more stuff, the original is way simpler and the ONLY real reason to use a C++ compiler is that most dependencies that you need (OpenGL, OpenAL etc.) uses C++ by default.

That took me 3 years to figure out on my own, such a waste of time.

In C++ defense namespaces, strings and streams do have some usefulness to them, but if I could use a C compiler to build a modern 3D MMO I would remove those in a heartbeat!

Edit: I know there are construed ways to call the OpenGL API directly without wrapper, but GLEW (damn Windows) is too comfortable for me to switch yet... Eventually I might switch to TinyC and write my own OpenGL/AL... That or implement my own J2ME!