Whenever someone talks about programming languages, then the first language that comes to our mind is either C, C++ or Java. But as a beginner, the very first question that comes to your mind is whether we have to start with C or C++. And for such a decision, it is crucial to understand the basic difference between these two languages.

C is one of the oldest languages and after that C++ comes with slight variation in its syntax and with added functionalities which somewhere gives it an extra edge over C. For example, printing 'Hello Word' in both is almost the same, we just need to change the header file and a slight variation in the print statement.

For C:

printf("Hello World");

For C++:

cout<<"Hello World"<<endl;

Besides all these things, there is one major difference that makes C++ better than C and that is the use of classes or OOP concept (Object Oriented Programming language). You will understand this concept once you will learn C++ or other languages which use the concept of OOP. For now, you can take it as an additional feature that is provided by C++ for our benefit. Also, there is a Standard Library of Templates (STL) which is another great feature that is only provided by C++ and not by C language.

There are also many other advantages of C++ over C, like the runtime of C++ is more than C and in fact, it is even better than python. Many other edges you will learn and understand while learning C++ language.