Abstract C++ has had a phenomenal growth since it's beginnings in the early 1980's and has taken it's place as one of the premier programming languages in use today. This paper examines the history, purpose and expectations of the C++ language and emphasizes the Object Oriented basis that has made C++ so popular. Analysis Of The C++ Programming Language Object Oriented Programming (OOP) is a software development paradigm that has passed the test of time. …showed first 75 words of 1561 total…

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