C++
AKA cpp
Summary
A general-purpose programming language created as an extension of C, supporting object-oriented, procedural, and generic programming paradigms. C++ is known for its performance, flexibility, and hardware control capabilities.
Paradigms
imperative, procedural, object-oriented, generic
Domains
systems programming, game development, desktop applications, embedded systems, high-performance computing, real-time computing
Key Features
operator overloading, multiple inheritance, templates, zero-cost abstractions, lambdas, variadic functions, iterators/generators, modules, reflection, destructuring
Typing
static system, non-structural typing, strong typing, partial inference, compile-time checking, moderate type coercion, optional type annotations
Compilation
compiled
Influenced By
C, Simula, Ada, ALGOL 68, CLU, ML
Influenced
Perl, Jai, Solidity, Swift, URBI, Luna, C#, Ada, urbiscript, Lua, Beef, HolyC, Delphi, AngelScript, Squirrel, Powerscript, D, ASP.NET, Haxe, Itk, Ballerina, GNU E, PHP, Karel++, Wolfram Language, Nim, Incr Tcl, Qore, Zig, Carbon, Java, Vala, delete, Ruby, Cilk++, Rust, ATS, JS++, Python
Ratings
File extensions
cpp, c++, cc, cp, cppm, cxx, h, h++, hh, hpp, hxx, inc, inl, ino, ipp, ixx, re, tcc, tpp, txx
External Links
| Status | active |
| Type | programming |
| Created | 1983 |
| Designed by | Bjarne Stroustrup |
| Developed by |
Bell Labs ISO C++ Committee |
| PyPL Index | #2 |
| TIOBE Index | #4 |
| GitHub rank | #7 |