🔹 What is C++?

C++ is a high-level programming language used to create fast and powerful software and applications.

✅ It is an extension of C language, created by Bjarne Stroustrup in the early 1980s.


🔹 Why learn C++?

Reason Explanation
🚀 Fast & Powerful Used in games, operating systems, and databases
🔄 Object-Oriented Support You can organize big projects easily
💼 Industry Use Still used in many companies (CP, systems dev)
🧠 Best for Logic Building Helps in competitive programming & DSA

🔹 Where is C++ used?


🔹 Features of C++

Feature Meaning
Compiled Language Code is converted to machine code using a compiler
Object-Oriented You can work with classes & objects
Rich Libraries Many built-in functions to help you
Platform-Independent Code runs on different systems with a compiler

🧱 Basic Structure of a C++ Program


#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
    cout << "Hello, Nikhil!";
    return 0;
}

🧠 Explanation: