Subj : C Origins
To   : Mortar
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Mar 25 2025 01:50 pm

 Re: C Origins
 By: Mortar to All on Tue Mar 25 2025 02:11 pm

>> Yeah, C is roughly a subset of C++.

Mo> Not quite.  C came out in '72 while C++ came out in '85 and is an
Mo> extension of C.

I don't think the time of release of the languages matters.  I've sometimes seen people say C++ is a superset of C, so I think it can be said that C is a subset of C++.

I've heard initially, C++ was implemented as CFront, which was a literal extension of C, but C++ has evolved to be its own stand-alone implementation.

Nightfox

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