Contents of unit 1 Unit 1 : Background 1.1. High level languages 1.2. Compilation versus interpretation 1.3. A brief history of C++ 1.4. A minimal C++ program 1.5. Creating, compiling and running your program 1.5.1. Creating the program 1.5.2. Compilation 1.5.3. Running the program 1.6. The Ceilidh- system, and the special command "pr1" 1.7. General