Chapter 1. Introduction to C++

C++ is a large object-oriented language that supports many modern features. As the name implies, it is a further development of the language C. In this chapter, you will learn the basics of the language. The next chapter deals with the object-oriented parts of C++. This chapter covers:

  • An introduction to the languge, how the compiler and linker works, the overal structure of a program, and comments.

  • C++ is a typed language, which means that every value stored in the computer memory is well defined. The type can be an integer, a real value, a logical value, or a character.

  • An array is a sequence of values of the same type. Pointers and references hold the address of a value.

  • In C++ there are possibilities to calculate ...

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