using spaces: google, microsoft, apple

using tabs: linux, gnu

english is not american, it's the language of the world

don't know if you are a beginner to programming in general or c/c++ specifically but it's better to start with c before c++, it's simpler and clearer (than c++) to a beginner

then cout syntax is absolutely horrible and very misleading, use c's printf or, if you can, use fmt, it's super fast and even simpler than c's printf

Ideology over functionality

imagine actually thinking this is a bad thing, i'd take ideology over functionality anytime possible

real estate, it's what china has been doing for a while