Object Oriented Programming

• C++  is  a  statically  typed,  compiled,  general-purpose,  case-sensitive,  free-form programming  language  that  supports  procedural,  object-oriented,  and  generic programming.

• C++  is  regarded as  amiddle-levellanguage, as  it comprises  a combination of both high-level and low-level language features.

• C++ was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, as an enhancement to the C language and originally named C with Classes but later it was renamed C++ in 1983.

• C++  is  a  superset  of  C,  and  that  virtually  any  legal  C  program  is  a  legal  C++ program.

• A programming language is said to use static typing when type checking is performed during compiletime as opposed to runtime.

      Object-Oriented Programming:

• C++  fully  supports  object-oriented  programming,  including  the  four  pillars  of object

       oriented development:

• Encapsulation

• Data hiding

• Inheritance

• Polymorphism