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6.096 | January IAP 2011 | Undergraduate

Introduction to C++

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 …

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.

Course Info

Learning Resource Types
Lecture Notes
Programming Assignments with Examples
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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