C++ 
SHORT HISTORY
        * recent history of computers has changed rapidly
        * 1970's: Pascal ushered in procedural languages
        * C produces compact, fast programs
        * These factors led to widespread use across platforms
        * The C Language
                Dennis Ritchie of Bell Labs developes C
                Developed alongside UNIX
                Both low-and high-level features
                Portability important
        * C Programming philosophy
                Emphasizes alogrithim side of programming
                Separate from data
                Structed programming facilitates larger projects
                Top down design: break big job into manageable tasks
         * Object-oriented programming
                Shifts facts to data
                Fit language to program 
                Features: class, object
                Class contains both data and algorithims
                  Reusable code        
                  Information hiding
                  Polymorphism
                  Inheritance
                Bottom-up approach
         * C++
                Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Labs
                Focus on usefulness rather than adherance to theory
                OOP roots in Simula67
                C++ is superset of C
                Name comes from increment operator
                First implemented as a C++ to C translator

PORTABILITY AND STANDARDS
        * Ability to simply recompile program for different hardware
        * Obstacles
                Hardware features
                Language divergance
        * A published standard aids portability
                ANSO X3J16 committee
                ISO joined with ANSI
                Based on Stroustrup's ARM and ANSI C
                Standard C and C++ libraries

CREATING A C++ PROGRAM
        * Steps vary with different platforms
                 Text editor to write and save program
                 Compile to object code
                 Link to executable code
        * Programs in book are generic standard C++
        * Can(and should) split programs into multiple files
                Source files
                Header files
                Library files