Le 02/04/2026 à 22:26, Wm. Moss via Dng a écrit :
>
> Just a note:
>     C++ is a superset of C and is a renamed version of C with classes.
> I used all of the development versions of C with classes at Bell Labs.
> The idea was a simple Simula like object wrapper for C to add one more
> level of abstraction. Once the 'it has to do everything' corporate
> types got hold of C with classes, the language turned into a horror
> show. Once 'friend' and other such nonsense was added, the language
> became mostly (IMO) useless. The same thing happened to Ironman when
> it became Ada. Too bad Modula-3 never became popular.

    C++ is both is a superset, but also an incompatible fork of C. The
subset of C++ which looks like C does not follow the C standards.

    Never heard of Ironman. AFAIK, Ada was inspired from Pascal, itself
inspired from Algol.

--     Diidier