C vs. C++
C++ is a superset of C89. Beginning with C99, the two languages began to diverge and became more and more incompatible with each other (although C++ implements most features of C99).
C Features
Top C features missing from C++
- Better initialization
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C++ Features
Top C++ features missing from C
- Lambdas (just to implement
defer) - Compile-Time String Hashes
- Default parameters
- References (useful in Macros)
- Methods (for chaining:
thing.do().make().finish()) - Struct Namespaces