History of C++

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Donald Oclarit

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  • Bjarne Stroustrup - the mastermind behind the inception and development of C++ programming language.
  • He developed C++ at AT&T Bell Labs, which he was head of till 2002.
  • C++ is called the successor of C programming.
  • C programming language was first introduced by Dennis Ritchie at the AT &T’s Bell Laboratories USA in 1972 and was implemented for the first time in DEC PDP-11 computer.
  • Dennis Ritchie used the concepts of BCPL and B to develop C and added
    data typing and some other powerful features.
  • The inception of C++ programming language began in 1979 when Bjarne Stroustrup was working in his Ph.D. thesis.
  • In 1983, it was named C++ and it included some add-on features such as classes, inheritance, in-lining, default function arguments, polymorphism, encapsulation and strong type checking.
  • The first commercial edition of C++ programming language was released in October 1985.