Introduction of C++

History of C++

  §  Bajarne Stroustrup

  §  Starts in 1979

  §  C with Classes

  §  1983 C++ comes in World

Facts

  §  C++’s OOp aspects was inspired by a computer simulation language called Simula67

  §  JAVA is written C++

  §  Major operating system of modern times are written in C++

  §  C++ is world 4^th most used programming language.

Features of C++

  §  C++ is a middle level language.

  §  C++ supports principles of object oriented paradigm.

  §  C++ Joins three separates programing traditions

o   The procedural language tradition, represented by C;

o   The objected oriented language tradition, represented by the class enhancements C++ adds to C;

o   Generic programming, supports by C++ templates

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