What is C++?

C++ is a object-oriented programming language developed by Bjourne Stroustrup at Bell Laboratories during 1983-1985 as a superset of the C language. C++ to date is one of the most widely used, powerful programming languages. It perhaps surpasses any other programming language in performance even today, with other object oriented languages around like Java and C#.

C++ is a standard and a compiled language. It was developed in an effort to improve the quality of code by writing extensible and reusable code. C++ can also be loosely described as C with classes, that inherently maintains the efficiency of C while making the code more object oriented and modular. C++ performs slower than C however it is still the best choice amongst other OO language both while writing large scale applications or personal applications.

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