C++ Foundations: Bridging from C

Explain how the C++ compilation process differs from C (preprocessing, compilation, assembly, linking).

Analyze name mangling (ABI) and its impact on linking C and C++ code.

Use references and explain their typical implementation versus pointers at the assembly level.

Apply function overloading and explain how the compiler resolves calls using name mangling.

Use `const` correctness and analyze how it affects code generation and compiler optimizations.

Implement namespaces and explain how they prevent name collisions at the linker level.

Explain the difference between C-style casting and C++ static_cast, dynamic_cast, and reinterpret_cast.