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The story begins in 1979 when Bjarne was conducting research at Bell Labs, primarily using C language. C language is powerful, but Bjarne felt it was "too hardcore"; managing complexity in large ...

Well written C code and an advanced compiler that utilizes various architectural features often reach performance results similar to those of hand written assembly code. A quick survey of assembly ...

This lesson starts a new segment about Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) — an important set of concepts critical to understanding any modern software, not just modern embedded software. As usual in ...

In Part 1 this month, we will explore object-oriented principles to see if they are supported by OOC. I will also discuss how to create the C++ Class construct, which lays the groundwork for ...

An introduction to the principles of object-oriented programming. This course covers both object-oriented programming techniques and their application to program design including classes, objects and ...

When you want to use object-oriented concepts in programming but must program in C, are there ways to get the OOP into the C? Here is collection of selected articles on adapting object-oriented ...

Functional programming supports well-defined, defensible software giving reproducible results. Object-oriented programming is the mechanism par excellence for managing complexity while keeping things ...

Most Android developers will use Java to write their apps. Java is an object oriented programming language. But what precisely does that mean?