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

Bard will be able to code in 20 programming languages including Java, C++ and Python, and can also help debug and explain code to users, Google said on Friday.

From Reuters • Apr. 21, 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

They have been inherited by C++ and Java, which have C-like syntaxes.

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

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