[joe_bruin]

Originally posted by abc123
not to mention it has exception handling - which c does not have at all, try/catch so its completely wrong to suggest its based on c.

hmmm....

$ cat main.cpp 
#include <iostream.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  try
  {
    cout << "dude, i know" << endl;
  }
  catch(int e) { }
  return 0;
}

$ g++ main.cpp 
$ ./a.out 
dude, i know
$

...looks like exception handling to me (not available in c, only c++).