Are C and C++ the same?

C and C++ is not the same.Few differences are: 1. C is a procedural language while C++ is a procedural as well as object oriented language. 2. As C is not object oriented, it has several limitations ie, it does not have features like encapsulation,data hiding,overloading,polymorphism, virtual functions etc. which are all present in C++ as it's object oriented. 3. C does not support namespace feature while C++ does. 4. I/O functions used in C are printf and scanf while in C++, it is cin and cout. 5. C++ can be told as superset of C. 6. C is a function-driven language while C++ is an object drive language. 7. Data is not secured in C while its secured in C++ due to the OOPS feature,data hiding. 8. C uses calloc(),malloc(),dealloc() for allocation and deallocation of memory while C++ uses new and delete for the same. read less