CFront preprocessor gradually evolved into the first C++ compiler.C++ was first used outside Stroustrup's research group in 1983, but at that time it lacked many of its final features. Between 1983 and 1991, the language acquired operator overloading, multiple inheritance, templates and exception handling (among other things). Most of these features were driven by experience, and resulted in an efficient and practical, down to earth object oriented language (unlike other OO languages which tended to be slow and were based on abstract methodologies rather than practical experience). Its efficiency, backward compatibility with C, and down to earth approach resulted in C++ gradually succeeding C as the dominant programming language of the computer industry.The name C++ came from the C increment syntax. Hence C++ was an incremented C (whereas C+ would have been a syntax error).A Color Mac - The Apple Macintosh IIAlthough there had been several new Macintosh models since the original Macintosh, the Macintosh II, released in March 1987, was a real leap. It was the first color Macintosh computer. In the normal configuration the color was 8 bitplanes deep - able to display 256 colors at a time from a palette of 16 million! For the power graphics user there was even a 24-bit graphics card available as an expensive extra cost option. The awesome graphics capabilities of the Mac II inspired Adobe to produce a feature packed high end photo editing package called Photoshop, which went on to dominate the photo editing market.In moving to color Apple also did away with the built-in 9 inch screen, moving instead to a more conventional (and expandable) desktop chassis with a separate 14" color monitor. The screen resolution was increased to 640x480, and RAM was expandable up to a whopping 68 Mb. The only thing missing was a custom chip for graphics - the CPU still did all the drawing on the Mac II, which made the graphics a little slow.The processor was...
