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Which programming language, developed by Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Labs in 1983, extended C by adding object-oriented features?
Answer
C++
Bjarne Stroustrup began developing C++ at Bell Labs in 1979 and formally named it C++ in 1983. It extended the C language with classes, inheritance, and other object-oriented programming features, becoming one of the most widely used languages for systems and application software.
💡 Did you know?
Stroustrup originally called his creation 'C with Classes' — the name C++ (using the increment operator) was coined by colleague Rick Mascitti as a programming joke.
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- Java
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