# What's the relationship between C and C++? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 10, 2021, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-relationship-between-c-and-c/950446 "2021-09-10T10:58:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-relationship-between-c-and-c/950446/7 "2021-09-10T12:44:44Z")
> [@Schnitte](#): > > I know a little bit of Python (for hobby programming purposes, nothing at professional level) and would now like to get into some compilable languages. C and C++ suggest themselves as popular options here. A while back I was in a somewhat similar situation: > [@Help me get back into computer programming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-back-into-computer-programming/835458): > > Here’s the TL;DR: What language, development environment, or other resources should I use to figure out how to make simple-but-useful, standalone, Windows programs/apps (on a strictly amateur level)? Now the background: Back in the 80s and 90s I was a fairly decent amateur-level programmer using BASIC, Pascal, and a smattering of other languages (including (Visual) C++) that I’d have to relearn in order to do anything useful with them today. Recently I’ve been playing around with Python, and … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-relationship-between-c-and-c/950446)._