Hands-On Embedded Programming with C++17

Strongly typed

Type information is necessary to test for proper access to and interpretation of data. A big feature in C++ that's relative to C is the inclusion of a strong type system. This means that many type checks performed by the compiler are significantly more strict than what would be allowed with C, which is a weakly typed language.

This is mostly apparent when looking at this legal C code, which will generate an error when compiled as C++:

void* pointer; 
int* number = pointer; 

Alternatively, they can also be written in the following way:

int* number = malloc(sizeof(int) * 5); 

C++ forbids implicit casts, requiring these examples to be written as follows:

void* pointer; 
int* number = (int*) pointer; 

They can also be written in ...