Why is C++ a mid-level language?
<p>Why is C++ a mid-level language? It can almost do everything and the worlds most widely used operating system is written in it.</p>

<p>[Note: SO <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/tags/c%2b%2b/info">C++ Info</a> page quotes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia citing</a> <em>C++ The Complete Reference Third Edition</em>, by Herbert Schildt,</p>

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  <p>It is regarded as a "middle-level" language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features.</p>
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<p>— Potatoswatter]</p>
