C with Classes

For the language which C with Classes would later develop into, see C++.

Not to be confused with C++ classes.

C with Classes
Logotype used on the cover of the first edition of The C Programming Language
Paradigms	Multi-paradigm: procedural, imperative, object-oriented
Family	C
Designed by	Bjarne Stroustrup
First appeared	1982
Typing discipline	Static, strong, nominative, partially inferred
OS	Cross-platform
Filename extensions	.c (source files), .h (header files)
Major implementations
Cfront
Influenced by
C, Simula, ALGOL 68, Ada, CLU, ML
Influenced
C++

C with Classes was the historical precursor language to what would later become C++, both of which were first created by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup. As its name suggests, it aimed to extend the C language with object-oriented features, namely classes.

The term "C with classes" has also been used colloquially (sometimes disparagingly) to refer to C++ code written as if it were C.