To address the shortcomings of C++ for embedded applications, an industry group led by major Japanese CPU manufacturers, including NEC, Hitachi, Fujitsu, and Toshiba, has set out to define a new dialect of C++ called EC++. The goal of the effort is to preserve the most useful object-oriented features of the C++ language yet minimize code size while maximizing execution efficiency. C++ (pronounced see plus plus, IPA: /siË plÉs plÉs/) is a general-purpose computer programming language. ... The initials NEC may stand for: NEC Corporation, a multinational corporation formerly known as Nippon Electric Co. ... Hitachi Ltd. ... Fujitsu (å¯å£«é) is a Japanese company specializing in semiconductors, computers (supercomputers, personal computers, servers), telecommunications, and services, and is headquartered in Tokyo. ... Toshiba Corporation (æ±è, TÅshiba) (TYO: 6502) is a Japanese high technology electrical and electronics manufacturing firm, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ...
C++ supports this (via member functions and friend functions), but does not enforce it: the programmer can declare parts or all of the representation of a type to be public, and is also allowed to make public entities that are not part of the representation of the type.
This is partly because the C++ grammar is not LALR(1).
C++ is sometimes compared unfavorably with single-paradigm object-oriented languages such as Java, on the basis that it allows programmers to "mix and match" object-oriented and procedural programming, rather than strictly enforcing a single paradigm.