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C and C++

Operating systems, databases, browsers, game engines and embedded firmware are written in C and C++, because both give the programmer direct control over memory and hardware. They are two languages, not one: C stays small and procedural, while C++ layers classes, templates and a large standard library on top. That control is also the risk, since preventing memory errors is left to the programmer.

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