Benefits of C++

The primary reason to prefer C++ over C is code reuse. Thanks to templates, it is much easier to implement generic piece of code that can be reused between projects in C++ than in C. When implementing everything from scratch, then probably using C++ instead of C won't give any significant advantage in terms of development effort, maybe even extend it. However, once generic components have been developed, the whole development process for next projects will be much easier and faster, thanks to reuse of the former.