5 Comments

1. Paul G
   Posted September 2, 2007 at 11:19 am | Permalink

   C++ is a programming language.

   I’m no expert, but I believe that open source software is software whose underlying code is open and available for modification/addition by anyone with knowledge of the underlying programming.

2. Charles
   Posted September 3, 2007 at 10:47 am | Permalink

   Errr C++ is a programing language. Wheather or not it is used in open source programs depends fully on what the prgramer uses to make it.

3. Zombie
   Posted September 4, 2007 at 3:54 pm | Permalink

   C++ is a programming language. It is not a piece of software in and off itself. Compilers and development tools for the language, on the other hand, can be open source or commercial.

4. Santosh K
   Posted September 6, 2007 at 5:41 am | Permalink

   Open source means, the source should be available to modify. If C++ compiler software is available to modify the C++ functionality, then it is open source. Now u decide whether it is open source or not..

5. draciron
   Posted September 8, 2007 at 2:40 am | Permalink

   C++ is a what is known as a programming language. In other words it is a collection of standards and concepts which are followed to a greator or lessor extent by the author of a C++ compilor. C++ is thus an abstract concept rather than a physical manifestation of that object.

   Open source is itself a concept like C++ and applies to software rather than standards. So the GNU C++ compilor is open source because it is a physical software product. Visual C++ and Borland’s C++ products for example are closed source.

   An example would be, you can copywrite a specific book but not the concept of a book and then require all authors or any book to pay you royalties.