Computer Programming (C++)
“C++ Programming Language”
An introduction
By: De Jesus, Antonio L.
COMFUN/10:35am-1:35pm /4222/PC#14
January 09, 2012
C++ has taken a lot of criticism: it's a big language that takes a long time to learn; standardization has taken a long time, which has made it hard to write portable code; newer languages, notably Java, draw more media attention. Still, among languages that support an object-oriented style, C++ is by far the most heavily used, and its usage is still growing rapidly. Why?
Some of the complexity of C++ is inherited from C, or results from its evolutionary history, but most is a consequence of the language's power. For an easy problem, any language will do; a hard problem demands a powerful language. Each feature of C++ exists because it has proven important for some area of industrial programming. With the language standard nearly complete, compilers that implement most of the new standard features are available now on most architecture.
Real-world programmers are more interested in problems than in languages: a programming language is a way to solve a problem. When you use the right mix of languages and language features, the solution to a problem is much easier to describe and implement, with better results. C++ remains an essential tool for software engineers not because anybody thinks it's the best possible language, but because it's a single, portable language that works better than any alternative in each of several areas. This article explores the strengths of C++, and how to exploit them in your projects. * Why Use C++?
C++ is a general purpose programming language designed to make programming more enjoyable for the serious programmer. For many uses, C++ is not the ideal language. You might prefer Tcl/Tk for writing a user interface, SQL for relational database queries, Java for network programming, or Yacc for writing a parser. C++ is used because it works well when the ideal language is (for whatever reason) not
An introduction
By: De Jesus, Antonio L.
COMFUN/10:35am-1:35pm /4222/PC#14
January 09, 2012
C++ has taken a lot of criticism: it's a big language that takes a long time to learn; standardization has taken a long time, which has made it hard to write portable code; newer languages, notably Java, draw more media attention. Still, among languages that support an object-oriented style, C++ is by far the most heavily used, and its usage is still growing rapidly. Why?
Some of the complexity of C++ is inherited from C, or results from its evolutionary history, but most is a consequence of the language's power. For an easy problem, any language will do; a hard problem demands a powerful language. Each feature of C++ exists because it has proven important for some area of industrial programming. With the language standard nearly complete, compilers that implement most of the new standard features are available now on most architecture.
Real-world programmers are more interested in problems than in languages: a programming language is a way to solve a problem. When you use the right mix of languages and language features, the solution to a problem is much easier to describe and implement, with better results. C++ remains an essential tool for software engineers not because anybody thinks it's the best possible language, but because it's a single, portable language that works better than any alternative in each of several areas. This article explores the strengths of C++, and how to exploit them in your projects. * Why Use C++?
C++ is a general purpose programming language designed to make programming more enjoyable for the serious programmer. For many uses, C++ is not the ideal language. You might prefer Tcl/Tk for writing a user interface, SQL for relational database queries, Java for network programming, or Yacc for writing a parser. C++ is used because it works well when the ideal language is (for whatever reason) not