This is in contrast to a domain-specific language (DSL), which is specialized to a particular application domain. C++ runs on a variety of platforms, such as Windows, Mac OS, and the various versions of UNIX. It is a superset of C, and that virtually any legal C program is a legal C++ program.
C++ is regarded as a middle-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. C++ is a programming language developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1979 at Bell Labs.
