C++ INTRODUCTION
The C++ Programming language was developed at AT&T Bell Laboratories in the early 1980s by Bjarne Stroustrup. He found ‘C’ lacking for simulations and decided to extend the language by adding features from his favourite language, Simula 67. Simula 67 was one of the earliest object-oriented languages. Bjarne Stroustrup called it “C with Classes” originally.
The name ‘C++’ (pronounced C plus plus)
was coined by Rick Mascitti where ‘++’ is the C increment
operator. Ever since its birth, C++ evolved to cope with problems encountered
by users, and through discussions at AT&T. However, maturation of the C++
language was attested to by two events:
- The formation of an ANSI (American
National Standard Institute) C++ committee
- The publication of The
Annotated C++ Reference Manual by Ellis and Stroustrup.
Benefits
of C++ over C Language
The major difference being OOPS concept, C++ is an object oriented language whereas C language is a procedural language. Apart from this there are many other features of C++ which gives this language an upper hand on C language.
Following features of C++ makes it a
stronger language than C,
1. There is Stronger Type
Checking in C++.
2. All the OOPS features in
C++ like Abstraction, Encapsulation, Inheritance etc makes it more worthy and
useful for programmers.
3. C++ supports and allows
user defined operators (i.e. Operator Overloading) and function overloading is
also supported in it.
4. Exception Handling is
there in C++.
5. The Concept of Virtual functions
and also Constructors and Destructors for Objects.
6. Inline Functions in C++
instead of Macros in C language. Inline functions make complete function body
act like Macro, safely.
7. Variables can be declared
anywhere in the program in C++, but must be declared before they are used.
C++ standards document was
issued by ANSI/ISO in year 2011 namely C++11 or formally C++0x. Practically, this standard onward C++ has adopted genuine and easy to use features about which we will learn here.
The major reason behind the success and
popularity of C++ is that it supports the object oriented technology, the
latest in the software development and the most near to the real world.
Object Oriented Technology is regarded as the ultimate paradigm for the modelling of information, be that data or logic. The C++ has by now shown to fulfill this goal.
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