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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

"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

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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