Core Features That Distinguish C++ from C

C++ introduces several features not present in C, including:

• new paradigms
  • OOP
    • classes and objects
    • inheritance
    • polymorphism
    • encapsulation
    • virtual functions
  • generic programming
    • templates and the Standard Template Library (STL)
  • functional programming
• runtime type identification (RTTI)
• reference variables
• function overloading
• Exceptions
• Namespaces - names for functions, classes and variables