An Introduction to C++

See Also:
History of C++
The ‘Hello World’ Program

C++ is a programming language which derives from C, the name (C++) means increased C. It is merely an "extension" to C. Since it is compatible with it. The advantages of C++ compared to other programming languages are:

1. Efficiency - C++ is very fast, powerfull, and small in size.
2. Portability - code written in C++ can be ported to many different operating systems and/or platforms with little or no change.
3. OOP - Object Oriented Programming; C++ is an excellent object oriented programming language, OOP allows re-usability and ease of use, distribution and is much more efficient than structured coding.
4. Modular - each source file needs to be compiled only once and if you make a change in one file out of the 100+ files in your project, only that file is compiled and then linked to the rest of the project.

Given the above, there are infinately many more reasons to program in C++ and its not only because it is a high- and low- level programming language, but because of the nature of the language construct. It is very powerfull and effective yet it can be used for anything from applications to databases to robotics to controlling traffic. There are many C/C++ libraries that will help you accomplish or finish the task you are working on. Such libraries include the many different faces of the stl and many more. These are standardilized libraries that have been developed by proffessionals and industrial level programmers in their senior and have been budgeted by government and/or big corporations, thus you know they are not some sort of garage-development.

If you want to get the STL, there are several places to look for them.

• HP - Annonymous FTP via ftp://butler.hpl.hp.com/ which works with Borland 4.5+ and MSVC 5.0+
• The STL++: Modena Software at 1-800-MODENA-1 - works with Borland, IBM C Set++, Apogee, Visual C++ 2.0 (wsome limitations)
• libstdc++ (part of libg++): Free Software Foundation anonymous ftp via ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/ and works with most C++ Compilers.
• SGI - All eyes to the SGI stl website http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/.
• Microsoft - Standard C++ Library (stdlib) + some STL

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