computer chapter 7

computer chapter 7

made by computer teacher radhika

HISTORY OF C++

• C++ is a multi-paradigm programming language that supports object oriented programming (OOP) created by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1983 at Bell labs, C++ is an extension of C programming and the programs written in C language can run in C++ compiler.

• The development of C++ actually began four years before its release, in 1979. It did not start with the name C++. Its first name was C with classes.

• In the late part of 1983, C with classes was first used for AT&T’s internal programming needs. Its name was changed to C++ later in the same year.

• It is of course also used in a wide range of other application domains, notable graphics programming. C++ supports inheritance through class derivation. Dynamic binding is provided by Virtual class function.

uses of c++ language

• C++ is used by programmers to develop computer software

• It is used to create general system software

• Used to build drivers for various computer devices

• Software for servers and software for specific

  applications

• Used in the creation of video games.

ADVANTAGE OF C++

• C++ is relatively-low level and is a systems programming language.

• It has a large community

• It has a relatively clear and mature standard.

• Reusability and readability