C++ For C Programmers (Updated

is an extension of C designed by Bjarne Stroustrup with facilities for data abstraction and object oriented programming. It provides stronger type checking than C, mechanisms for data hiding, operator and function name over- loading, type inheritance, implicit initialization of objects, user-defined type conversions, and numerious other features This paper describes C++ and its differences with C. It is meant as a tutorial for experienced C programmers. This is an updated version of a paper printed in April 24, 1985.