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Activity #1.3: Advantages of C++ Language

C++ has several advantages as an object-oriented programming language including code reusability through concepts like classes, inheritance, and polymorphism. It also maintains backward compatibility with C and allows low-level programming while also supporting high-level functions. C++ has good performance for well-designed software and a large community for support. However, it still has some security issues from features like pointers and global variables. Memory management in C++ also requires manual handling without a garbage collector. Threads were also not initially supported in C++.

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Activity #1.3: Advantages of C++ Language

C++ has several advantages as an object-oriented programming language including code reusability through concepts like classes, inheritance, and polymorphism. It also maintains backward compatibility with C and allows low-level programming while also supporting high-level functions. C++ has good performance for well-designed software and a large community for support. However, it still has some security issues from features like pointers and global variables. Memory management in C++ also requires manual handling without a garbage collector. Threads were also not initially supported in C++.

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Kyle S.

Mangabat Discrete Structure and Programming C++


BSCS-1 September 26, 2021

ACTIVITY #1.3
Advantages of C++ Language
-Based of the videos that I have watched, one of the biggest advantages in
using C++ is because of its object-oriented programming language which
means it includes concepts like classes, inhericatance, polymorphism, data
abstraction and encapsulation. This allows code reusability and makes a
program even more reliable. The other advantage is its backward
compability with the C program, which means it allows the developer to
migrate legacy systems developed in C and also allows the user to compile
C program using a C++ compiler and C++ being an upgrade of C program
which is a procedural language closely related to the machine language
means that it allows low-level manipulation of data at a certain level.
Embedded systems and compilers are also created with the help of C++,
and C++ being a middle-level programming language means C++ combines
the features of both high-level and low-level languages. It can be used for
low-level programming, such as scripting for drivers and kernels. It also
supports functions of high-level programming language, such as scripting
for software applications etc.
C++ also have better performance, allowing the developer to develop well-
designed software using the object-oriented concept resulting in better
performance and stability.
Lastly, C++ has a large community that supports it by providing online
courses and lectures, both paid and unpaid. Statistically speaking, C++ is the
6th most used and followed programming language on Stack Overflow and
GitHub.

Disadvantages of C++ Language


-C++ being an object-oriented programming language has its many
advantages but although object-oriented programming offers a lot of
security to the data being handled as compared to other programming
languages that are not object-oriented like C, certain security issues still
exist due to the availability of friend functions, global variables, and
pointers. Speaking of pointers, pointers in C++ are relatively difficult
concept to grasp and it consumes a lot of memory. Misuse of pointer like
wild pointers may cause the system to crash or behave anomalously.
In terms of memory, C++ gives the user complete control of managing the
memory using DMA, but C++ lacks the feature of a garbage collector to
automatically filter out unnecessary data. C++ also does not support any
built-in threads. Threads is a relatively new concept in C++ which wasn’t
intially there. Now C++ is currently capable of supporting lambda functions.

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