Introduction to C++

An xkcd comic about pointers.

One of the defining features of C++ is that it makes heavy use of pointers, variables which store the numerical memory addresses of pieces of other data. (Courtesy of Randall Munroe. Original comic can be found here.)

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6.096

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January IAP 2011

Level

Undergraduate

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Course Description

This is a fast-paced introductory course to the C++ programming language. It is intended for those with little programming background, though prior programming experience will make it easier, and those with previous experience will still learn C++-specific constructs and concepts.

This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.

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Jesse Dunietz, Geza Kovacs, and John Marrero. 6.096 Introduction to C++. January IAP 2011. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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