C++, pronounced as “see plus plus,” is a general-purpose object-oriented programming (OOP) language, developed by Bjarne Stroustrup, as an extension of the C programming language.
In 1979, Bjarne Stroustrup started to work on “C with Classes.”
In 1983, Rick Mascitti coined the name “C++” and was chosen to replace “C with Classes.”
C++ 1.0 was released in October 1985.
In 1989, C++ 2.0 was released.
C++ 98, or C++ 1998, was the first C++ standard.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) jointly published ISO/IEC 14882:1998, C++ 1998, in September 1998.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) jointly published ISO/IEC 14882:2003, C++ 2003, in October 2003.
Ecma, a standards organization for information and communication systems, released ECMA-372, C++/CLI, First Edition, in December 2005.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) jointly published ISO/IEC 14882:2011, C++ 2011, in September 2011.
Ecma released ECMA-335, Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), in June 2012.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) jointly published ISO/IEC 14882:2014, C++ 2014, in December 2014.
In 2015, Bjarne Stroustrup, with Microsoft, Red Hat, and Facebook, initiated the C++ Core Guidelines to develop coding guidelines.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) jointly published ISO/IEC 14882:2017, C++ 2017, in December 2017.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) jointly published ISO/IEC 14882:2020, C++ 2020, in 2020.
Visual C++ is the implementation of the C++ programming language by Microsoft.
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