1.4 The History of C

Early Languages

The C Language

The C++ Language

C++ was developed in 1986 at Bell Labs by Bjarne Stroustrup. It is a superset of C in that it includes all of the features of C as its foundation and extends the basics of C by adding features for constructing object-oriented programs. In addition, C++ improved upon some of the standard features of C and included a number of new basic features that help programmers design and implement a wide range of programs.

NOTE
	In this book, you will learn traditional C and some of the convient new features introduced by C++, but the focus will be limited to procedural style programs. Any C++ construct introduced will be clearly indicated and explained within the context of C.