C++
High language created by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1985. C++ is a general-purpose programming language created as an extension of the C programming language which implements Object-Oriented Programming.
Learned C++ in CS138 although not as deep as I should. We use C++ for most of our course including CS241 and CS247 at the University of Waterloo Software Engineering.
It is generally considered a memory unsafe language: (usually better for application programming)
- Used for Operating System, device drivers, etc.
- Systems programming