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== Description ==

C/C++ are compiled programming languages known for their flexibility, portability, expressiveness, comapctness and performance. C++ is an object-oriented language that is essentially a superset of the C language.

== Role In NAMIC ==

C++ is typically used to implement high-performance algorithms. Toolkits such as [[ITKSummary|ITK]] and [[VTKSummary|VTK]] are implemented completely in these languages to obtain the necessary performance. Interpreted languages, such as [[TCLTKSummary|Tcl]], [[PythonSummary|Python]], or [[JavaSummary|Java]], are used to build applications and prototypes because they require no compilation and linking, and often have GUI builder kits (and other packages) associated with them.

== License ==

These languages are described by a standard specification. Various vendors provide compilers that process the code (compile and link) to produce executables.