C++ made a real sensation: compiled, structured, object-oriented, incredibly easy to work with large programs and at the same time having a huge potential for development of the language. So if you think that C++ is hopelessly outdated, we have news for you – only some technological revolution can retire it. Open any programming language benchmark and you’ll see C++ at the top. The speed of code execution is perhaps the main argument in favor of why C ++ was, is and will be in demand in IT. There are C++ compilers on every operating system, and most programs are easily portable from platform to platform. Java, JavaScript, C#, as well as a huge number of other popular programming languages, are based on the principles of C ++. In addition, the popular opinion is that if you can learn C ++, then any other language will not cause you any difficulties.
Where is C++ used?
• Writing applications for PC.
Many well-known programs are written in C ++: Adobe Photoshop, 3Ds Max, browsers (Chrome, Firefox, although they are written not only in C ++), Skype, VLC, BitTorrent, Steam, WinRAR, etc.;
• Game programming.
For example, most game engines are written in C++ - Source Engine from Valve (Half-Life 2 and CS), Unreal Engine (Borderlands, Deus Ex, Bioshock, Mirror's Edge, Mortal Kombat X and others);
• Drivers, programs for working with ports (low-level programming);
• Applications for which speed is most important (browser engines, stock exchange aggregators, that is, trading);
• Programs for scientific computing;
• Writing parts of projects that require memory and workloads.
