Overview of C++

Overview of C++

• C++ is an Object-Oriented language.
• It was developed in the year 1980 by Bajarne Strostrup at Bell Laboratories Murray Hill, New Jersey , USA
• It is an extension of C Language.
• Using C we can solve simple problems.
• To solve complex problems he decided to develop a new language that will support real world problems
• So he took Objects and Class form Simula 67 and entire C language syntax.
• Merging these two concepts he developed a new language.
• Initially called as C with classes later it was renamed as C++.
• So C++ is a super subset of C
• The OO features in C++ allow programmers to build large programs with clarity, extensibility and ease of maintenance
• Object-oriented program development is a new programming style having real world thinking.
• It is not a programming technique. So each and every programmer has his own way of thinking
• Java, C++ and Smalltalk are three of the more popular languages, and there are also object-oriented versions of Pascal.
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