In this article, we will tell you the general features of the C++ programming language, which has existed for more than 40 years. Why is this language still so important? Although many new generation languages are out, why are they still used in some applications? We will talk about them.

C++ is a programming language developed by Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Labs in 1979. While working with the C programming language, he felt that the current language was not ideal for large-scale projects. First, he added the classes to the schedule. Thus, he named the first name of his language "C with Classes". But he soon realized that that was not enough. It has developed some features in other languages by adding it to this language. These were features such as templates, virtual functions, and operator overloading. In the following years, as its popularity increased, other software developers started to develop this language.

By 1983, Rick Mascitti replaced this language with "++", which is an expression (operator) used in the C language and moves the value forward, and the language's name changed from "C with Classes" to "C++" (C plus).

The C++ language was first standardized in 1998. After this year, standards were published again in 2003, 2007 and 2011. C++ is protected by the ISO (International Organization for Standardization), a large standards committee.

C++ is a general-purpose object-oriented programming language. It has taken this feature from the Simula67 language. It is also an extension of the C language. Therefore, it is possible to code C++ as object-oriented programming or as regular C. In some cases it can be coded both ways. Therefore, it can also be described as a hybrid language. C++ can run on platforms with various versions of Windows, Mac OS, and UNIX.

Although it has a history of more than 40 years, C++ is widely used in embedded systems software engineering. It is also a popular programming language in communication and gaming. It is also used in many other industries. Among them is the defense industry.

Many programming languages, C#, Java, and even newer C versions have been influenced by the C++ language.

The biggest feature of C++ is knowing how scalable it can be. Because this language has so much control over how your application uses its resources, it can take up very few resources. This is why resource-intensive applications are usually written in C++. For example, graphics need a lot of resources. That's why many 3D games are built in C++. Businesses also often use C++ to code functions that have critical confidence in speed and resource utilization.

As a statically typed language, C++ often performs better than dynamically typed languages because the software is checked before the code is executed.

Apart from the good features of this language, unfortunately there are some bad features.

C++ is a language that needs a lot of code. This makes it almost mandatory for large projects to be written with a team. It will also make it easier for less experienced developers to make mistakes in the code since you have to do a lot of things manually with C++. Some programming languages have been developed to solve this problem.