C++ is a general purpose, object-oriented programming language that can be ... Initially known as “C with classes,” it was renamed C++, meaning roughly “one higher than C,” in 1983.

Coroutines are program components that generalize subroutines for use in nonpreemptive ... having debuted as C with Classes in fall 1979. The name was changed to C++ in 1984.

US National Security Agency recommends using memory safe programming languages ... pairing C++ with the older C language. C++, originally called C with Classes, is an extension of C.