14: Highlights

• C++ is an object-oriented programming language. Object-oriented programming languages emphasize user-defined data types and data-type hierarchies, rather than computations to perform.
• C++ descends from C, an already-popular programming language; thus, heredity is the most conspicuous reason why C++ itself enjoys considerable popularity.
• This book gets you up and running in C++ quickly; it answers your basic questions explicitly; it equips you with program patterns that you can adapt to your own purposes; and it deepens your understanding of the art of good programming practice.