How to Use C++ in a Sentence
C++
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In this ranking, Python came out on top, with C++ in second and Java in third place.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Sep. 2018
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The malware stands out because its developers wrote it in native C++.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
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Each project will introduce different lessons in programming C++.
—Creation Crate, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2019
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Modems also have to operate in real time to send and receive data effectively, and C/C++ code is fast.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
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This was in 2010, and back then, converting C++ to JavaScript was unthinkable.
—Luke Wagner, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2017
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That same year, C++ launched, Nintendo came out, and Michael Dell founded his PC company.
—L. David Marquet, Big Think, 18 Aug. 2025
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Emscripten can take code written in C++ and convert it directly into WebAssembly.
—Luke Wagner, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2017
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Memory-safe languages address the problem at the source, but legacy codebases written in C and C++ will remain a reality for decades.
—Evan Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
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With Creation Crate, students will learn how to write their own computer programs in the Arduino language (C/C++) to make their projects come to life!
—Creation Crate, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2019
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Last year the medal was awarded to IEEE Fellow Bjarne Stroustrup, the inventor of C++.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2019
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Software positions might involve learning Python or Matlab for control libraries and C++ or Rust for low-level programming.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2025
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But for those preferring an LLM-free life, user can program the unit with MicroPython and Arduino C++.
—New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026
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The discovery of dangling memory pointers in C++ code is hardly unusual, especially when the code is extremely complex and dynamic.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
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Visual Studio comes with an extensive suite of tools to develop applications in C#, C++, Python, JavaScript, and more.
—PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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The usual way to craft programming code entails the handwriting of source code, often using a conventional programming language such as Python, C++, and other popular coding languages.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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The Institute for Progress think tank launched the Great Refactor initiative to use those tools in order to convert open source software written in C and C++ into Rust.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2026
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Its syntactical restrictions meant the compiler (which translates the syntax to machine-readable instructions) is only 1 kilobyte, compared to C++ compilers, which were generally hundreds of kilobytes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Sep. 2025
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Most engineering careers in technology require an understanding of programming languages like Java, C++, Python, Ruby, and others.
—Creation Crate, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2019
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Rust’s Role in Memory Safety Rust, which was first released in 2015, is designed to match the performance of C and C++ while introducing memory safety.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2026
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The risk sits below the application layer in native C/C++ decoders such as libheif, often included indirectly through ImageMagick, libvips, Sharp, distro packages, or container images.
—Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2026
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Additionally, Chrome, primarily built on C++, often faces dangling memory pointers due to its complex, multi-process design and dynamic memory sharing, increasing the potential for such vulnerabilities.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
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Navigation was another problem the agent had to solve, with GPT-6 Astra generating a C++ helper that used AzerothCore’s navigation-mesh data, known as mmaps, to calculate routes.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
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Photoshop, Word, Facebook, Google Search, and WhatsApp have contributed to the proliferation of deepfakes, fake news, and phishing scams, but our first instinct isn’t to regulate their underlying C++ or Java libraries.
—Ben Brooks, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2024
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The courses within the Premium Learn to Code Certification Bundle are taught by Joseph Delgadillo, who teaches you different programming languages in a few hours, like C++, Python, and Java.
—New Atlas, 14 May 2026
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Meanwhile, Argon agents have been working to migrate C/C++ codebases to Rust across Google, including thousands of lines in the core re2 and libgav1 libraries and more than 800,000 lines in the Fuchsia OS Zircon kernel.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026
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Hard and soft skills At a minimum, cybersecurity professionals should have a general understanding of IT including operating systems, communication protocols, network architecture, and programming languages such as C++, Java, and Python.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2026
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