C++

C++ is a commonly used programming language. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1979 as an upgrade from the then commonly used C language. C++ began to incorporate a newer style of programming which is called object oriented programming. C++ first began to incorporate classes and then added member functions, operator overloading, exception handling and several other more advanced features now common in computer programming. C++ is now used readily in many different types of programming. It is commonly used to develop system software, device drivers, and is also implemented in video game development. C++ is like other high level languages uses keywords as well as variables and operators to develop the code for computer softwares. These keywords and variables become the source code for the software. The source code is then put through a complier. The compiler is a program itself that takes the source code and converts it into binary code which the computer can understand. The compiler will also reveal some of the errors that computer programmers will face during the programming process.