The C standard doesn&#x27;t exactly &quot;inherit&quot; the 170 pages of the C language spec. As far as I know, the core C++ language (excluding the library) is defined entirely by the C++ standard, without reference to the C standard. It was certainly based on C, but the description doesn&#x27;t depend on it.<p>The C standard <i>library</i> is incorporated by reference (with a few tweaks) into the C++ standard. Of course the C++ standard library also includes a lot of material that isn&#x27;t in the C standard library.