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