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Notes about C++
From C to C++
* Course Introduction
Overview of Advanced Programming - Part One
Overview of Advanced Programming - Part Two
Recommended use of your time
Course Approach - Part 1
Course Exam
Which compiler or IDE?
* A quick tour of C
Basic Observations
The Evolution of C
The Popularity of C and C++
The C preprocessor
Fundamental types
Arrays and Pointers
Arrays and Pointers: Examples
Structures and Unions
Structures: Examples
Function types
User defined types
Expressions and operators
Control structures
Functions and parameters
Call-by-reference parameters via pointers
C Program organization
Memory Allocation
The standard library
* C/C++ Compatibility
C/C++ Compatibility
C/C++ Compatibility - some small details
Basic Observations
Characteristics of the C programming language
Imperative programming language
State and mutation; arrays, structs and pointers; assignment and basic control structures
Terse, low level and permissive
Efficient code and resource awareness
Generation of machine code
No virtual machine
Accompanied by a preprocessor language
Textual substitutions carried out before the traditional compilation process
The
mother language
of many important, contemporary programming languages
The original language in the C-family
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