Brief History of C++

C++ Creator

C++ History

C++ programming language history started in early 1980's, “B Stroustrup” was developed C++ Language at AT&T Bell Laboratories when B Stroustrup was doing research on PHD thesis. Its first name was C with classes. Later changed to C++. This language was based on c programming with object oriented features.

 The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) developed a standard of consistency for C and C++ programming


The aim of the C++ language was designed increase the efficiency and conciseness of C with the object-oriented programming features of SIMULA-67 .It was combination of programming languages, Simula I and Simula 67, that was developed in the 1960s). C++ history tells initial release was in 1985. Stroustrup also wrote a textbook for the language name “The C++ Programming Language”. First edition was published in early 1986.

C++ language can be consider as super set of c language and syntax code C++ is very similar with C language. C is a procedural programming language and does not support objects, classes and while C++ language is a combination of both procedural and object oriented programming language. C++ supports OOP feature like Inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation etc. Sometime C++ called a hybrid language.

Let's see the programming languages that were developed before C++ language.


Algol          
1960
International Group
BCPL
1967
Martin Richard
B
1970
Ken Thompson
Traditional C
1972
Dennis Ritchie
K & R C
1978
Kernighan & Dennis Ritchie
C++
1980
Bjarne Stroustru