C++

Description

A language in the CPL branch of the Algol family of programming languages, C++ is basically AT&T C with the object-oriented features of Simula. While you can compile and run C programs in an C++ environment and some C++ compilers are actually just C compilers with a pre-processor, C++ is actually a very distinct language to C that by design uses mostly the same syntax.

A list of OS/2 implementations of C++

• Borland C/C++ - Commercial - Discontinued
• Cint - Open source - Current - Interpreter from CERN, intended for educational use
• EMX Compiler - Open Source - Discontinued
• GCC C/C++ Compiler and Linker - Open Source - Current
• Innotek GCC - Open Source - Discontinued
• IBM C Set/2 - Commercial - Discontinued
• IBM VisualAge C++ Version 3.0 for OS/2 - Commercial - Discontinued
• IBM C and C++ Compilers, Version 3.6.5 - Commercial - Discontinued
• IBM VisualAge C++ Professional 4.0 - Commercial - Discontinued
• Lattice C - Commercial - Discontinued
• Metaware High C/C++ - Commercial - Discontinued
• OpenWatcom C/C++ - Open Source - Current
• TopSpeed C++ - Commercial - Discontinued
• Zortech C++ - Commercial - Discontinued

OS/2 C++ libraries and class libraries

If the compiler you use supports both C and C++, you can use C libraries with your C++ programs and vize versa, however using C++ libraries from C can be a bit kludgey and while using C libraries with C++ is less problematic it can also require you to write some interfaces.

• C/Database Toolchest - Library for database creation and maintenance - Commercial - Current.
• CdBFile - For reading/writing .dbf/xBase files - Open Source - Discontinued
• CThrough - Graphics class library - Commercial - Discontinued
• dbfLIB++ - A tool that allows you to work with xBase databases - Commercial - Discontinued.
• The Open Objects Library (OOL) - Originally freeware, now open source - Discontinued.
• V C++ GUI Framework - Open Source - Discontinued
• ZGRAF - Graphing library - Commercial - Current

GUI and application generators with C++ output

• Hockware VisPro/C++ - GUI Creator - Commercial - Discontinued
• JBA Guidelines - GUI/Database/Application creator - Commercial - Discontinued
• Professor Owl - Open Source - Discontinued - For Borland OWL only.
• Vestronix Pro C - Database and spreadsheet application generator - Commercial - Discontinued

Translators that generate C++ output

• Oracle Pro C - SQL > C++ - Commercial - Discontinued

Workframes and or IDE's

• CommonPoint - Commercial - Discontinued
• Object WorkBench - Shareware - Discontinued

A list of DOS implementations of C++

• Cint - Open source - Current - Interpreter from CERN, intended for educational use
• EMX Compiler - Open Source - Discontinued
• Metaware High C/C++ - Commercial - Discontinued
• OpenWatcom C/C++ - Open Source - Current
• TopSpeed C++ - Commercial - Discontinued
• Turbo C++ - Discontinued - Supplied free with current Windows versions from the company
• Zortech C++ - Commercial - Discontinued

DOS libraries and class libraries

• C/Database Toolchest - Library for database creation and maintenance - Commercial - Current.
• CdBFile - For reading/writing .dbf/xBase files - Open Source - Discontinued
• ZGRAF - Graphing library - Commercial - Current

A list of C++ implementations that run under WinOS/2

• TopSpeed C++ - Commercial - Discontinued - Cross compilation from DOS or OS/2 only

WinOS/2 compatiable libraries and class libraries

• C/Database Toolchest - Library for database creation and maintenance - Commercial - Current - Note that the correct library for Win16b development is called the DOS library (but contains Win 16b libs as well) and not the Windows one.

Publications

• David R. Tribble: Incompatibilities Between ISO C and ISO C++ - Old but highly useful document for those wanting to port C code to C++

Tutorials and other learning material

• MIX Software has a number of video courses available that focus on teaching C++, both for the beginner and tackles more advanced topics as well.

Links

USENET

• comp.lang.c++.moderated - Moderated C++ discussion group - Go to the Google groups version if your ISP does not offer USENET access or you are in any other way newsgroup challenged.

Standards

• Initially all C++ compilers and/or pre-processors were based on the original Bjarne Stroustrup pamphlets published by AT&T as C++ Reference Manual, Data Abstraction in C and C++ Tutorial.
• ISO/IEC 14882:1998 - Aka C++98, the first formal standard, largely written by Stroustrup himself.
• ISO/IEC 14882:2003 - Aka C++03 - Also has a "C++ Technical Report 1" with clarifications and errata or ISO/IEC TR 19768:2007, that is sometimes referred to as C++07.
• ISO/IEC 14882:2011 - Aka C++11
• N3690 (working draft) - Aka C++14 - Had not been finalised in early 2015.
• According to the working group a new standard is scheduled to be introduced in 2017, so presumably C++17.