C++

C++
Logo endorsed by the C++ standards committee
ParadigmsMulti-paradigm: procedural, imperative, functional, object-oriented, generic, modular
FamilyC
Designed byBjarne Stroustrup
DeveloperISO/IEC JTC 1 (Joint Technical Committee 1) / SC 22 (Subcommittee 22) / WG 21 (Working Group 21)
First appeared1985 (1985)
Stable release
C++23 (ISO/IEC 14882:2024) / 19 October 2024 (2024-10-19)
Preview release
C++26 / 5 August 2025 (2025-08-05)
Typing disciplineStatic, strong, nominative, partially inferred
OSCross-platform
Filename extensions.C, .cc, .cpp, .cxx, .c++, .h, .H, .hh, .hpp, .hxx, .h++ .cppm, .ixx[1]
Websiteisocpp.org
Major implementations
GCC, LLVM Clang, Microsoft Visual C++, Embarcadero C++Builder, Intel C++ Compiler, IBM XL C++, EDG
Influenced by
Ada, ALGOL 68,[2] BCPL,[3] C, CLU,[2] F#,[4][a] ML, Mesa,[2] Modula-2,[2] Simula, Smalltalk[2]
Influenced
Ada 95, C#,[5] C99, Carbon, Chapel,[6] Clojure,[7] D, Java,[8] JS++,[9] Lua,[10] Nim,[11] Objective-C++, Perl, PHP, Python,[12] Rust,[13] Seed7
  • C++ Programming at Wikibooks

C++[b] is a high-level, general-purpose programming language created by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup. First released in 1985 as an extension of the C programming language, adding object-oriented (OOP) features, it has since expanded significantly over time adding more OOP and other features; as of 1997/C++98 standardization, C++ has added functional features, in addition to facilities for low-level memory manipulation for systems like microcomputers or to make operating systems like Linux or Windows, and even later came features like generic programming (through the use of templates). C++ is usually implemented as a compiled language, and many vendors provide C++ compilers, including the Free Software Foundation, LLVM, Microsoft, Intel, Embarcadero, Oracle, and IBM.[14]

C++ was designed with systems programming and embedded, resource-constrained software and large systems in mind, with performance, efficiency, and flexibility of use as its design highlights.[15] C++ has also been found useful in many other contexts, with key strengths being software infrastructure and resource-constrained applications,[15] including desktop applications, video games, servers (e.g., e-commerce, web search, or databases), and performance-critical applications (e.g., telephone switches or space probes).[16]

C++ is standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), with the latest standard version ratified and published by ISO in October 2024 as ISO/IEC 14882:2024 (informally known as C++23).[17] The C++ programming language was initially standardized in 1998 as ISO/IEC 14882:1998, which was then amended by the C++03, C++11, C++14, C++17, and C++20 standards. The current C++23 standard supersedes these with new features and an enlarged standard library. Before the initial standardization in 1998, C++ was developed by Stroustrup at Bell Labs since 1979 as an extension of the C language; he wanted an efficient and flexible language similar to C that also provided high-level features for program organization.[18] Since 2012, C++ has been on a three-year release schedule[19] with C++26 as the next planned standard.[20]

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  11. ^ "FAQ Nim Programming Language". Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  12. ^ "9. Classes — Python 3.6.4 documentation". docs.python.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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  14. ^ Stroustrup, Bjarne (1997). "1". The C++ Programming Language (Third ed.). Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-88954-4. OCLC 59193992.
  15. ^ a b Stroustrup, B. (6 May 2014). "Lecture:The essence of C++. University of Edinburgh". YouTube. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  16. ^ Stroustrup, Bjarne (17 February 2014). "C++ Applications". stroustrup.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
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  19. ^ "C++ IS schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  20. ^ "C++; Where it's heading". Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.


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