How to Use C++ in a Sentence

C++

noun
  • Modems also have to operate in real time to send and receive data effectively, and C/C++ code is fast.
    — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
  • That same year, C++ launched, Nintendo came out, and Michael Dell founded his PC company.
    — L. David Marquet, Big Think, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Memory-safe languages address the problem at the source, but legacy codebases written in C and C++ will remain a reality for decades.
    — Evan Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Last year the medal was awarded to IEEE Fellow Bjarne Stroustrup, the inventor of C++.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2019
  • Software positions might involve learning Python or Matlab for control libraries and C++ or Rust for low-level programming.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Visual Studio comes with an extensive suite of tools to develop applications in C#, C++, Python, JavaScript, and more.
    — PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The usual way to craft programming code entails the handwriting of source code, often using a conventional programming language such as Python, C++, and other popular coding languages.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The Institute for Progress think tank launched the Great Refactor initiative to use those tools in order to convert open source software written in C and C++ into Rust.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Its syntactical restrictions meant the compiler (which translates the syntax to machine-readable instructions) is only 1 kilobyte, compared to C++ compilers, which were generally hundreds of kilobytes.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Rust’s Role in Memory Safety Rust, which was first released in 2015, is designed to match the performance of C and C++ while introducing memory safety.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Photoshop, Word, Facebook, Google Search, and WhatsApp have contributed to the proliferation of deepfakes, fake news, and phishing scams, but our first instinct isn’t to regulate their underlying C++ or Java libraries.
    — Ben Brooks, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The courses within the Premium Learn to Code Certification Bundle are taught by Joseph Delgadillo, who teaches you different programming languages in a few hours, like C++, Python, and Java.
    — New Atlas, 14 May 2026
  • Hard and soft skills At a minimum, cybersecurity professionals should have a general understanding of IT including operating systems, communication protocols, network architecture, and programming languages such as C++, Java, and Python.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2026

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