why c++ is still being used?
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But the interpreter the VB Net code will be running on will be written in C or C++ because to run on actual hardware you have to run the instruction set that hardware exposes. You can only do that in a compiled language.
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Because C is the corner stone language in computing. It is the language of OSs, space ships, embedded, etc. C++ extends that power scales it, and is a true engineers language. C# (Java) and other interpreted languages have their uses, principally where you want to limit the power of the language for security reasons, or to work at highly extrapolated levels a long way from the hardware.
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Wrong. C++ compiles down to machine code, so you can.
Like I said in that message, in this case, so does JavaScript, Python or any other language. :-) I wonder if there is a library for translation of shell script to a machine code — highly doubted statement.
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Like I said in that message, in this case, so does JavaScript, Python or any other language. :-) I wonder if there is a library for translation of shell script to a machine code — highly doubted statement.
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No, you said: "You can't do that in C++ either, if you can then you can do so in JavaScript too" C++ does compile down to machine code, script languages dont, they are interpreted.
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As noted by others for drivers and embedded systems. It is a mature language that works well with hardware with less interpretation. One reason many people left C++ was they hate pointers, but as those other languages mature, they too employ pointers, so in the end we are now seeing a revival of C++. p.s. Some people love pointers. :-D
