A Brief History of C++

• The first C compiler was written for a UNIX environment (and was probably hosted on a PDP-1)
• 1983 – ANSI formed a committee to define a standard definition of the C language, and they published a standard document in 1990
• Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup developed C++, which he originally called “C with Classes”
• 1989 – ANSI formed a committee to define the existing C++ language and to also define new language and library features
• 1998 – The ANSI committee, joined by the ISO, published the document that fully defines the C++ language and libraries. The current version of that standard is available at http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidcocstore/default.asp for $18