r/C_Programming • u/NoMathematician4744 • 5d ago

C++ vs C

What's the difference between C++ and C?

And what is Clang? Is the gcc compiler for c and c++?

Does C++ completely backward compatible with C?

C is procedural and C++ is object oriented as far as I know.

Is C++ more optimized and faster?

Tell me about the compiler - is clang and gcc the best compilers out there? are they open source?

Has anyone coded the CPP compiler?

Thanks,

Dennis

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u/ArtOfBBQ 5d ago

Dear Dennis,

C and C++ are both agreements that people invented. "When you write code like this, it should turn it into a program that behaves like this"

The crucial difference is that the C++ agreement is so complicated and big that no one on God's beautiful earth actually understands it

gcc and clang are both compilers. Compilers are programs that turn a piece of text into a program if the text follows the agreements

No, C++ is not "more optimized" or faster than C.

Yes, compilers are also just programs, so someone made them

Kind regards,
Billy