Five popular myths (misconceptions) about C++

In a recent iscocpp blog post, Bjarne adresses 5 misconceptions many developers have about C++. In this post he covers the first 2 of the 5 topics:

• “To understand C++, you must first learn C”
• “C++ is an Object-Oriented Language”
• “For reliable software, you need Garbage Collection”
• “For efficiency, you must write low-level code”
• “C++ is for large, complicated, programs only”