C++ went on to become one of the most popular programming languages ever created. It was designed to be a “general use” language: It can be run on just about any platform, and it shows up ...

TIOBE Programming Language Index News ... Image: TIOBE Software Why C++ reached second place now. ... just to name a few domains,” Jansen wrote. C++ was first released in 1985 as an extension of C.

Bjarne Stroustrup designed the C++ language in 1979, and the general-purpose language for systems programming has become a mainstay for developers everywhere, despite competition from Java ...

Image: National Academy of Engineering. C++’s origins date back to 1979, when Bjarne Stroustrup, the programming language’s creator, first began work on the language that was then known as ...