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C++
Paradigm Multi-paradigm: procedural, functional, object-oriented, generic
Designed by Bjarne Stroustrup
Developer Bjarne Stroustrup
Bell Labs
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21
First appeared 1983
Stable release ISO/IEC 14882:2017 / 1 December 2017; 6 years ago (2017-12-01)
Typing discipline Static, unsafe, nominative
OS Cross-platform (multi-platform)
Filename extensions .h .hh .hpp .hxx .h++ .cc .cpp .cxx .c++
Major implementations
C++ Builder, clang, Comeau C/C++, GCC, Intel C++ Compiler, Microsoft Visual C++, Sun Studio
Dialects
ISO/IEC C++ 1998, ISO/IEC C++ 2003, ISO/IEC C++ 2011, ISO/IEC C++ 2014, ISO/IEC C++ 2017,
Influenced by
C, Simula, Ada 83, ALGOL 68, CLU, ML
Influenced
Perl
BjarneStroustrup
Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++

C++ (pronounced "see plus plus") is a computer programming language based on C. It was created for writing programs for many different purposes. In the 1990s, C++ became one of the most used programming languages in the world.

The C++ programming language was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Labs in the 1980s, and was originally named "C with classes". The language was planned as an improvement on the C programming language, adding features based on object-oriented programming. Step by step, a lot of advanced features were added to the language, like operator overloading, exception handling and templates.

C++ runs on a variety of platforms, such as Windows, Mac OS, and the various versions of UNIX. C++ is simple and practical approach to describe the concepts of C++ for beginners to advanced software engineers.

C++ is a general-purpose programing language which means that it can be used to create different variety of applications.C++ is used for variety of application domains.

Example

The following text is C++ source code and it will write the words "Hello World!" on the screen when it has been compiled and is executed. This program is typically the first program a programmer would write while learning about programming languages.

// This is a comment. It's for *people* to read, not computers. It's usually used to describe the program.

// Make the I/O standard library available for use in the program.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
// We are now defining the main function; it is the function run when the program starts.
int main()
{
    // Printing a message to the screen using the standard output stream std::cout.
    cout << "Hello World!";
}

This program is similar to the last, except it will add 3 + 2 and print the answer instead of "Hello World!".

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    // Print a simple calculation.
    std::cout << 3 + 2;
}

This program subtracts, multiplies, divides and then prints the answer on the screen.

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    // Create and initialize 3 variables, a, b, and c, to 5, 10, and 20.
    int a = 5;
    int b = 10;
    int c = 20;

    // Print calculations.
    std::cout << a-b-c;
    std::cout << a*b*c;
    std::cout << a/b/c;
}

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