Programming Test 2 - C and C++ (part 2)

1966 — BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language)

written by Martin Richards at the University of Cambridge; intended for writing compilers

C++

3rd Generation — general purpose language

Fortran (Formula Translator),

one of the first widely used programming languages.

1970-1972 — Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie

working at AT&T Bell Labs, develop the C programming language in an effort to rewrite the Unix operating system. Successor to "B", which was a stripped down version of BCPL. Unix is the first operating system written in a high-level language.

C++

Imperative roots; Object-Oriented added on

Simula 67

first object oriented language

Unix

first operating system written in a high level language

BCPL Basic Combined Programming Language

intended for writing compilers

1954-1957 — John W. Backus at IBM

invents Fortran (Formula Translator), one of the first widely used programming languages.

1958-1960 — Algol (Algorithmic Language)

is developed by a committee of European and American computer scientists. Archetypal structured language.

Algol

Algorithmic language; Archetypal(classic) structured language

C++

Compiled into machine code

1998 —

What year was C++ approved as an ISO standard?

2003 —

What year was this - ISO updates the standard; mostly fixes to problems

2014 —

What year was this - ISO updates the standard; mostly small improvements

2011 —

What year was this - new ISO standard including many new features

C++

adds Object Oriented programming to C

1983 — Bjarne Stroustrup

adds object-oriented constructs to C, resulting in C++. (Early versions called "C with Classes".) Originally C++ was translated into C, then C was compiled.

C and C++

are two of the most influential programming languages, widely used for many applications. They greatly influenced many later successful programming languages such as Java and C#.

967 — Simula 67

developed by Norwegian Computing Centre; first object-oriented language

1970 — Niklaus Wirth

develops Pascal programming language; highly influenced by Algol; finds wide acceptance in academic circles