From our study of C++, it should be clear that, unlike class encapsulation and single inheritance, which were essentially free in C, polymorphism in C involves some complexity and overhead. In the ...

Several people are going to recommend The C Programming Language by Kernighan & Ritchie; it's a good book, but it's getting a bit long in the tooth and doesn't cover the C99 standard. However, it ...

What does object-oriented programming actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

C++’s origins date back to 1979, when Bjarne Stroustrup, the programming language’s creator, first began work on the language that was then known as “C with Classes”.