C++ Programming Language

A C++ Programming Language is an object-oriented language that ...

• Context:
  • It can define legal C++ Statements.
  • It can be used to create C++ Code, such as a C++ program or C++ library.
  • It can draw syntax from C Language.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • C Programming Language.
  • Java Programming Language.
  • C# Programming Language.
  • Scala Programming Language.
  • Go Programming Language.
• See: Object Oriented Programming, High-Performance Computing.

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References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C%2B%2B_Programming_Language

2014

• http://www.infoworld.com/t/application-development/stroustrup-why-the-35-year-old-c-still-dominates-real-dev-248457
  • QUOTE: … C++ is designed for fairly hardcore applications, and it's always been used together with some scripting language or other. When I started, I used C++ for anything that required a real programming language and real performance. Then I used the Unix shell as my scripting language. That was how it [was done], and that's also the way things are done in most of the cases today. (C++ is for] high performance, high reliability, small footprint, low energy consumption, all of these good things.

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