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by EpicEng 3337 days ago
>"virtually"

There are differences, but they are few and far between.

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That does disqualify C++ as the __superset__ of C doesn't it?
I offer you the infamous phrase "extended superset" made famous in the world of SQL databases :).

(Of course, you're right.)

Ugh, flubbed that: "extended subset". Sorry about that.
C++ is a subclass of C that violates the liskov substitution principle.