1.1.1 The Name of the Language

• Bcpl, (Basic Combined Programming Language), Martin Richards, 1967
• B, Ken Thompson, 1970
• C, Dennis Ritchie, 1972
• C++, Bjarne Stroustrup, 1986

C

• Fast—instructions implemented by few machine commands
• Easy to port—hardware independent
• High level—human oriented

C++

• Added facilities for data abstractions
• Supports object-oriented programming
• Improved existing constructs