What is C++?



C++ is a general purpose programming language used for creating programs that range from the easiest to the great programs like Operating Systems, Web Browsers, E-mail clients ,Photo editing software etc.

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C++ Character Set Character set is a set of valid characters that a language can recognize. Letters A-Z, a-z Digits 0-9 Special Characters Space  +  -  *  /  ^  \  ()  []  {}  =  !=  <>  ‘  “  $  ,  ;  :  %  !  & ? _  #  <=  >=  @  Formatting characters backspace, horizontal tab, vertical tab, form feed, and carriage return Tokens A token is a group of characters that logically belong together. They are like building blocks of a Programming Language.The programmer can write a program by using tokens. C++ uses the following types of tokens. Keywords Identifiers Literals(Constants) Punctuation Operators Compilers/IDEs(Integrated Development Environment) Turbo C++: Download link  Turbo C++ CodeBlocks: Download link  CodeBlocks See it all in a video:
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Your very own C++ was not available for programming until the 70's.It was only in the 1978 at AT&T Bell Labs , when its head Bjarne Stroustrup wanted to create a new language based on his experience. He chose to redevelop the language C . He found that something is missing in this general purpose programming language . He found that it was lacking behind the concepts of Object Oriented Programming , which were present in one of his favorite Programming language Simula 67 . So, he started his work for what he then called "C with Classes". It was called with the same name until 1983. He wrote many books regarding this language.
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