C++
| C++ is an extension of the C programming language that is used for cross-platform developments. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1979 at Bell Labs. C++ was designed to be an extension of C, hence its original name, “C with Classes”. C++ was released for commercial use in 1985, but it was not yet standardized. In order to standardize the language, Stroustrup and others founded the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21 working group in 1991. The first international standard for C++ was published in 1998 and was approved by the ISO in 2003. C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled language. It supports procedural, object-oriented, and generic programming. C++ is a middle-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. C++ was designed to be an extension of the programming language C, hence its original name, “C with Classes”. C++ was released for commercial use in 1985, but it was not yet standardized. In order to standardize the language, Stroustrup and others founded the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21 working group in 1991. The first international standard for C++ was published in 1998 and was approved by the ISO in 2003. C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled language that supports procedural, object-oriented, and generic programming. C++ is a middle-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. |
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