DAY 1
WEEK 1
Getting Started
Welcome to Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days! Today, you will get started
on your way to becoming a proficient C++ programmer.
Today, you will learn- Why C++ is a standard in software development
- The steps to develop a C++ program
- How to enter, compile, and link your first working C++ program
A Brief History of C++ ..........................................................................................
Computer languages have undergone dramatic evolution since the first elec-
tronic computers were built to assist in artillery trajectory calculations during
World War II. Early on, programmers worked with the most primitive computer
instructions: machine language. These instructions were represented by long
strings of ones and zeros. Soon, assemblers were invented to map machine
instructions to human-readable and -manageable mnemonics, such as ADD
and MOV.