C++: The Documentary released today

C++: The Documentary premiered today on YouTube, and it was great to be on the live chat with Bjarne and many other key folks who participated in C++’s history. I’m honored to have been one of hundreds of people who have played a part in advancing Bjarne’s wonderful project over the years. If you haven’t watched this yet, make it a weekend goal. What a great synopsis of a 40-year success story, from humble beginnings to global adoption to being currently (as of Q3 2025) the fastest-growing of the top four languages in the world… +90% users in the past 3.5 years. People who appear in the documentary: Bjarne Stroustrup: Bell Labs, Designer and original implementer of C++ Alexander Stepanov: Designer of the Standard Template Library Anders Hejlsberg: Creator of C#, TypeScript, and Turbo Pascal Andrei Alexandrescu: Principal Research Scientist, Nvidia & C++ Author Andrew Koenig: Bell Labs, Founding member of the C++ Standards Committee, Researcher, C++ Author & Educator Barbara Moo: Bell…

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