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Who is credited with the development of C++ programming language?
Bjarne Stroustrup
Where was C programming language first implemented?
DEC PDP-11 computer
What feature was added to C programming language by Dennis Ritchie?
Data typing
What motivated Bjarne Stroustrup to develop C++?
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Study Notes
C++ History
- C++ was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup, who was the head of AT&T Bell Labs until 2002.
- Stroustrup worked on C++ at AT&T Bell Labs.
C Programming Language
- C programming language was first introduced by Dennis Ritchie in 1972 at AT&T's Bell Laboratories, USA.
- C was implemented for the first time in the DEC PDP-11 computer.
- Dennis Ritchie developed C using concepts from BCPL and B, adding data typing and other powerful features.
Development of C++
- The development of C++ began in 1979 when Bjarne Stroustrup was working on his Ph.D. thesis.
- Stroustrup was influenced by Simula, the first language to support Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) paradigm.
- Stroustrup wanted to implement OOP in software development, but Simula was too slow for practical use.
- He began working on C with classes, creating a new language that combined OOP with C programming language features.
- C++ was developed as a successor to C programming language.
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