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C++

American

[see-pluhs-pluhs] / ˈsiˈplʌsˈplʌs /

noun

Computers. a high-level programming language, a descendant of C, with the ability to manipulate object-oriented features.

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Even Microsoft’s own Office desktop apps use the C and C++ language in ways that aren’t typically taught in coding school, he said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Code Llama supports the popular coding languages like Python, Java and C++ and is not recommended for general text tasks, Meta said.

From Reuters • Aug. 24, 2023

There, he worked on computer architecture and programming languages, particularly compilers, which translate programs written in so-called “high level” languages, like today’s Java or C++, into steps a computer can execute.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2023

"You know, it's, 'You should be going to four year college and learning C++ programming, not working in the trades.'"

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2023

Mangled names are used because C++ allows multiple objects to have the same name, as long as they are distinguishable in some other way, such as by having different parameter types.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

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