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History of C++
Like any other history, the history of C++ language is very fascinating. As the history of any topic consists of various stories about the past that makes it big hence, here is the brief history of C++ language.
Bjarne Stroustrup is known as the founder and inventor of the C++ language. He developed C++ in the year 1980 at the bell laboratories AT&T (American Telephone & Telegraph) that is located in the U.S.A.
Earlier there was no concept of OOP (object oriented programming) hence, in order to add a feature of OOP in C language so that it will not change the concept of the C component, C++ language was developed.
It is fascinating to know that C++ programming is known as a superset of C language or in other words, it is relative to the C language. This simply indicates that if a program is valid in C programming then it will also be valid in the C++ program.
Talking about the history, here is the list of the programming languages that were developed before the C++ language came in to existence:
| Language | Year | Developer |
|---|---|---|
| Algol | 1960 | International Group |
| BCPL | 1967 | Martin Richard |
| B | 1970 | Ken Thompson |
| Traditional C | 1972 | Dennis Ritchie |
| K & R C | 1978 | Dennis Ritchie & Kernighan |
| C++ | 1980 | Bjarne Stroustrup |