Does C++ compile to machine code like C does?

i started to work with C but it was a nightmare i had to write functions for every little thing so i switched to C++ for type safety and OOP , one of my most important concerns is ease of deployment, i am not planning on platform independance but its important for me to know if users will be able to run my apps directly or will they need runtime environments like java needs JRE and C# needs .NET