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

"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

Nearly every modern language eschews the null-terminated string, but C and C++ still run the substrate of the world, from your router to your “smart” lightbulbs.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2019

Among the languages and near-languages it supports are: C, C++, Objective-C, Perl, Python, m4, Ada, Pascal, Java, awk, Tcl/Tk, SQL, assembler, Bourne shell, csh, and more.

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen

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