C/C++ Compatibility

Lecture 1 - Slide 33 : 34

C/C++ Compatibility

Quotes from The C++ Prog. Lang. (3. edition):

With minor exceptions, C++ is a superset of C (meaning C89)

Well-written C programs tend to be C++ programs as well

Keywords
- Many new keywords in C++ relative to C
- Such keywords may be used as identifiers in some C programs
A number of small differences
- Almost all of these represent poor style if they appear in C programs
- Selected small differences at the next slide

Appendex B.2 in The C++ Prog. Lang. (3. edition) deals with this topic

In The C++ Prog. Lang. (4. edition) see section 44.3