paint program etc

Okay I've just on started learning java programming.. i know this forum isnt about java.... anyway after i've learnt java programming i will be moving onto c++ programming.. just wanted someone to answer me a few questions.. can c++ create:

web browsers?
a virus remover?
a graphics engine?
a game engine?
and last one a paint program like photoshop/gimp

please could someone help me :)

i know its all a bit crazy sounding lol
You can create more or less every program you can find for you computer with C++ and if you use inline assembly you would be able to program everything possible for a computer.
Every program you listed aboved should be programmable in pure C++.
I found an article interviewing Bjarne Stroustrup that is reallying good at outlining all the strength and weakness of C++: http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;408408016;pp;1;fp;16;fpid;1

And as they putted it, C++ is the most widely used programming languages. Everything from the NASA's Mars Rovers', Human Genome Project to Google Search engine are written with C++. hehehe. This was one of the reason I choosed to start learning C++ instead of Java. :)

I also found this list of some of the large applications, and project written by C++: http://www.research.att.com/~bs/applications.html
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cheers jmc and lacviet :D been much help

i've only started java because i am doing it as a course :) and i think it will give me a start to learning new programming langs :D

i've always had a interest in c++ programming tbh.

okay just few more questions

Could i use java and c++ together? < sounds crazy i know lol.

can i learn several langs without forgettin a lang i learnt before?

and last question with c++ could i make a wrestling game like
smackdown vs raw 2008?

Am sorry guys for these questions lol
just i have no boday else to ask :(
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As I said you can make (almost) everything with C++. A wrestling game is nothing really special and yes, you can learn a new language without to forget the others. It will be even easyier to learn a new language if you already know a few.
The only problem may be, that you must know a few things about and of the language to program such a game.

The use of Java together with C++ is very difficult and I doubt the usefulness of something like this. That is because Java uses a Runtime Environment, which makes it independable of the system and simulates a precessor, the virtual machine. This makes it unfortunately also sometimes more slowly.
As I said you can make (almost) everything with C++.


Almost? You can make anything with C++.
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