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Which programming language, created by Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Labs beginning in 1979, extended C by adding object-oriented features?
Answer
C++
Bjarne Stroustrup began developing 'C with Classes' at Bell Labs in 1979, renaming it C++ in 1983. It extended the C language with object-oriented features like classes and inheritance, and became one of the most widely used systems programming languages.
💡 Did you know?
Stroustrup named the language using C's '++' increment operator — a programmer's joke meaning 'one better than C.'
Other options people guess
- Java
- Objective-C
- Ada
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- languages
- 1980s
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