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C++ was invented in 1979. In 1989 the most popular programming languages, in order of popularity, were: 1. C 2. Ada 3. Pascal 4. Lisp 5. Fortran 6. C++
by SuddsMcDuff 7y ago
C++ was invented in 1979.
In 1989 the most popular programming languages, in order of popularity, were:
1. C
2. Ada
3. Pascal
4. Lisp
5. Fortran
6. C++
7. Assembly
8. COBOL
9. BASIC
10. APL
Source - https://youtu.be/Og847HVwRSI?t=120 https://youtu.be/Og847HVwRSI?t=120
- Koshkin 7y agoMore accurately, "In 1982, Stroustrup started to develop a successor to C with Classes, which he named C++". (Source - Wikipedia.) As far as Go's popularity, see e.g. https://fossbytes.com/most-popular-programming-languages/ https://fossbytes.com/most-popular-programming-languages/.
- SuddsMcDuff 7y agoTrue enough, one could name any year between 1979 and 1985 as the "invention" year of C++, and the claim would have some merit. http://www.cplusplus.com/info/history/ http://www.cplusplus.com/info/history/
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoThose numbers are bogus. There's no way Ada eclipsed all assembly langs in any meaningful way.