Synopsis This textbook presents a concise yet reasonably complete introduction to the C++ programming language and its abstraction mechanisms. The reader is expected to be familiar with basic programming concepts, making this book suitable. C++ is a wide spectrum language that provides a confusing number of features. The structure of the book reflects the gradual introduction to these concepts –Programming Process; Parallel Programming; debugging Programmes; Debugging C and C++ Code in a Unix Environment; Floating-point Exceptions; Input and Output handling; programming on Multiprocessor Systems; Optimising C++” The WWW Version; Object Data Manager; Programming in C++, Rules and Recommendations. The text also touches on the implementation of the various concepts.