C++ is a general purpose, object-oriented programming language that can be used to develop operating systems, games, graphical user interfaces, back end, and high-performance systems and applications.

For years, the lingua franca for desktop computers was the Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, a.k.a. Basic. Essentially every PC had it, and just about anyone could learn to program ...

C++ is a general-purpose systems programming language that is now more than 40 years old, having been designed in 1979. Far from losing steam, C++ still ranks near the top of multiple programming ...

60 years ago, the inventors of the BASIC programming language actually achieved what they had hoped for: simple programming that is accessible to everyone. At 4:00 a.m. on May 1, 1964, the first BASIC ...

Bjarne Stroustrup is the well-known creator of C++. He also joined the Electronic Design Engineering Hall of Fame in 2013 (see “Gallery: 2013 Engineering Hall Of Fame”). He will be holding a Q&A on ...