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CVSC++: Cs-240 Data Structures Binghamton University Dick Steflik

C and C++ are similar programming languages but C++ introduces object-oriented programming features like classes, inheritance and polymorphism. Some key similarities between C and C++ include basic data types, compiler preprocessing, control structures and functions. Main differences are that C++ uses classes to encapsulate data and functions while C uses structs only for data, and C++ supports features like function overloading and operator overloading that are not present in C.

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CVSC++: Cs-240 Data Structures Binghamton University Dick Steflik

C and C++ are similar programming languages but C++ introduces object-oriented programming features like classes, inheritance and polymorphism. Some key similarities between C and C++ include basic data types, compiler preprocessing, control structures and functions. Main differences are that C++ uses classes to encapsulate data and functions while C uses structs only for data, and C++ supports features like function overloading and operator overloading that are not present in C.

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C vs C++

CS-240
Data Structures
Binghamton University
Dick Steflik
C++ was originally developed to be the
next version of C, not a new language.
Similarities
●
same built-in data types
●
same compiler preprocessor
– handles #include & #define
– conditional preprocessing #if, #ifndef and
#endef
●
same built-in operators on primitive
types (+-/*……)
Similarities (cont.)
●
Same built-in control structures
– if, for, while, switch ….
●
must have a function names “main” to
determine where the program starts
●
functions are defined the same way
●
programs can be split up into separate
files
Differences
●
in C all code exists in function and the
paradigm is that you manipulate data
with functions
●
in C++ classes are used to model the
behavior of data objects, behavior is
represented by functions and those
functions are used to modify the
object’s data
Differences (cont.)
●
in C a struct is used to make an
aggregate type and cannot have
associated functions
●
in C++ struct there may be associated
(part of the struct) functions to process
the data
●
in C I/O is accomplished via library
functions, in C++ it is done by using
object methods.
Differences
●
C++ has function overloading (two
functions may have the same name), in
C function names must be unique.
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C++ has operator overloading
(operators can be redefined to do other
things)
●
C++ uses “nbew” and “delete” for
dynamic memory management, C uses
“malloc” and “free”
Simple C Program
# include <stdio.h>
int main(void) {
printf(“Hello World\n”);
return 0;
}
Software development in CS-240
●
various version of the GNU C++ Compiler
– cygwin – unix like environment is on all PODS windows machines
– Debian Linux – on all Linux Lab Machines
– KNOPPIX – a bootable CDROM version of Linux (bring a 700 Mb
CD to my office and I will burn a copy for you)
– coLinux – installs as an icon on your Wondows desktop, KDE
version of Debian (this is an easy way to get wireless internet for
Linux). I will help you do this if you want to try it. Doesn’t require
dual boot or a full Linux install
– available on your Sun accounts
– Eclipse w/c++ plugin and w/minGW – GUI IDE on Windows
– Eclipse w/C++ plugin - GUI IDE on Linux
Simple C++ Program
#include <iostream.h>
int main(void) {
cout << “Hello World\n”;
return 0;
}

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