A group working on the development of the hugely popular C++ programming language has outlined a path to make the language "memory safe" -- just like its younger rival, Rust. Widespread warnings ...

C++, which sees a significant amount of use within Google, is similarly a successor of sorts to the original C programming language.

GitHub compiled data from a survey of over 12,000 developers to track which programming languages are most popular among developers and better understand how language popularity has changed over time.

C++ is "doing very well", Tiobe CEO Paul Jansen, says in the company's September 2020 index for the world's most popular programming languages. C++ currently ranks fourth, behind C, Java, and Python.

In 2019, C had a yearly increase of 2.4% on the TIOBE Index, which is a larger positive percent change than any other language. It is currently in the number 2 spot on the index, right behind Java ...

1985: The first official reference guide for the C++ programming language is published. The author, Bjarne Stroustrup, is also the language’s creator. Stroustrup had been hacking away at his ...

Google has revealed more on Carbon, a new programming language that the company believes could be the successor to C++. Programming languages are constantly improving and developing, and have been ...