C and C ++ are so similar that many organizations that rank programming languages compile them together. Tiobe considers C to be the most popular programming language with a market share of 14.32%. However, many other organisations do not rate C as highly. C ++ consistently ranks fourth or fifth in many different lists.
Both C and C ++ are general-purpose programming languages, useful for a wide variety of tasks. C was created in 1972 and C++ was first released in 1985. The main difference between them is that C ++ has classes. The strength of the C programming language lies in its performance, and it can be used to program on a wide variety of platforms. Typical uses include operating systems, interpreters, compilers and microcontrollers. C ++ is object-oriented, supports manual memory management and is very suitable for networking, server and gaming applications. In fact, the C ++ programming language has almost everything that C has, but it extends its functionality.