C++

2026-06-04 2026-06-04

2 Minutes

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 &…