What is the difference between C and C++?

C Programming Language

C is a general-purpose, high-level language originally developed by Dennis M. Ritchie at Bell Labs to develop the UNIX operating system. C was first implemented in 1972 on the DEC PDP-11 computer.

In 1978, Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie produced the first publicly available description of C, now known as the K&R standard.

UNIX operating system, C compiler, and almost all UNIX applications are written in C language. For various reasons, C language has now become a widely used professional language.

• Easy to learn
• Structured Language
• It produces efficient programs
• It can handle low-level activities
• Can be compiled on a variety of computer platforms

C Programming Language

C is a statically typed, compiled, general-purpose, case-sensitive, free-form programming language that supports procedural, object-oriented, and generic programming.

C is considered a mid-level language because it combines high-level and low-level language features.

C was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in Murray Hill, Bell Labs, New Jersey in 1979 as an enhanced version of the C language. It was originally named C with Classes, but was later renamed C in 1983.

C is a superset of C, and almost any legal C program is a legal C program.

Note - A programming language is said to use static typing when type checking is performed at compile time rather than run time.

Object-Oriented Programming

C fully supports object-oriented programming, including the four pillars of object-oriented development -

• Encapsulation
• Data hiding
• inherit
• Polymorphism

difference

The following are the important differences between C and C.

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Sr.No.	serial number	key	C	C
1	Developer	C was developed by Dennis Richie at AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1969 to 1973.	C was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1979.
2	oops	C does not support object-oriented concepts such as polymorphism, encapsulation and inheritance.	C is an object-oriented programming language that supports object-oriented concepts such as polymorphism, encapsulation, and inheritance.
3	Set	SET	C is a subset of C.	C is a superset of C. All code in C can run in C, but the reverse is not necessarily true.
4	Key words	C has 32 keywords.	C has 52 keywords.
5	Procedural and OOPS	C is a procedural programming language.	C supports procedural programming and object-oriented programming.
6	Data and Function	Data and functions are separated in C.	GData and Functions are encapsulated together as objects in C.
7	Information hiding	Information hiding is not supported in C.	Information hiding is supported through encapsulation in C.
8	Overload	Function and operator overloading is not supported in C language.	C supports function and operator overloading.
9	Function	C is a function-driven language.	C is an object-driven language.
10	structure	C structure does not support defining functions.	C structure supports defining functions.
11	Reference variables	Reference variables are not supported in C.	C supports reference variables.
12	Virtual and Friend Function	Virtual functions and friend functions are not supported in C.	C supports virtual functions and friend functions.
13	Exception handling	Exception handling is not supported in C language.	C supports exception handling.

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