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I have always heard that C++ is not Object Oriented but rather "C with Classes". So, when I mentioned to an interviewer that C++ was not really object oriented, he asked me why I didn't consider it an OO language. I haven't done any C++ since University, and I didn't have much of an answer. Is C++ Object Oriented or not? and why?
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C is a Procedural Oriented language, whereas C++ is an Object-Oriented Programming language. C supports only Pointers whereas C++ supports both pointers and references. C does not allow you to use function overloading whereas C++ allows you to use function overloading.
C++ is called object oriented programming (OOP) language because C++ language views a problem in terms of objects involved rather than the procedure for doing it.
C language and Pascal are two common structured programming languages. In the structured programming C, the user can create his own user-defined functions. The main function calls the other functions. It indicates the execution of the program.
No, it is not a purely object oriented language.
C++ is usually considered a "multi-paradigm" language. That is, you can use it for object-oriented, procedural, and even functional programming.
Those who would deny that C++ is OO generally have beef with the fact that the primitive types are not objects themselves. By this standard, Java would also not be considered OO.
It is certainly true that C++ isn't OO to the same extent as Smalltalk, Ruby, Self, etc. are, but it is definitely an effective OO language by most standards.
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