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If C++ is "(nearly) a superset of C" why is the C++ standard twice the size of C standard? Of course if we take that 0.505.. ≈ 1, then it is indeed a (nearly) s

If C++ is "(nearly) a superset of C" why is the C++ standard twice the size of C standard? Of course if we take that 0.505.. ≈ 1, then it is indeed a (nearly) superset.

theseoafs 10y ago
That's nearly as in "most of C's features are supported by C++", not "most of C++'s features are C features".
dbaupp 10y ago
It is only nearly a superset because it contains all the features of C except for a few like implicit pointer casts.