Lesson 1. Getting Started
Welcome to Sams Teach Yourself C++ in One Hour a Day! You’re ready to get started on becoming a proficient C++ programmer.
In this lesson, you find out
• Why C++ is a standard in software development
• How to enter, compile, and link your first working C++ program
• What’s new in C++11
A Brief History of C++
The purpose of a programming language is to make consumption of computational resources easier. C++ is not a new language, yet one that is popularly adopted and still being improved. The latest version of C++ being ratified by the ISO Standards Committee in 2011 is called C++11.
Connection to C
Initially developed by Bjarne Stroustroup at Bell Labs in 1979, C++ was designed to be a successor to C. C is a procedural ...
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