Chapter 1 Introduction to programming

c++ is an object oriented programming language. Initially named 'c with class'.c++ was developed by bjarne stroustrup at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA. c++ is a superset of c. Application of c++ : C++ is a versatile language for handling very large programs. It is suitable for virtually any programming task including development of editors, compilers, database, communication systems and any complex real-life application systems. Procedure-oriented programming : Conventional programming using high level languages such as COBOL , FORTRAN and C is commonly known as procedure-oriented programming. In the procedure-oriented approach, the problem is viewed as a sequence of things to be done, such as reading, calculating and printing. A number of functions are written to accomplish these tasks. A typical program structure for procedural programming is shown in Fig. Procedure-oriented programming basically consists of writing a list of instructions for the computer to follow, and organizing these instructions into groups known as functions.