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
Ballerina, Vala, AngelScript, Zig, Carbon, Incr Tcl, Itk, Luna, D, Cilk++, HolyC, Ruby, ASP.NET, ATS, Ada, Squirrel, Java, Powerscript, Jai, Solidity, Qore, delete, Wolfram Language, Swift, C#, URBI, Karel++, Python, PHP, GNU E, Perl, Rust, Haxe, Delphi, Beef, Nim, Lua, JS++, urbiscript
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 | #3 |
| TIOBE Index | #2 |
| GitHub rank | #7 |