From: commodorejohn@gmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 14:59:15 +0000   
   Pancho  wrote:   
      
   > > C 1072   
   > > C++ 1998.   
   > >   
   > > Stroustrup may have dreamed his compsci dreams in 79, but there are   
   > > just hallucinations.   
   >   
   > Just as I dreamed being a professional C++ programmer in 1993.   
   >   
   > I was curious and googled this, they said first release C++ 1985.   
      
   I also had to go look; it depends on how particular you want to be   
   about dates. K&R was standardized in '78, but C was in use long before   
   that; Stroustrup was experimenting with "C with classes" by '79, but   
   C++ wasn't standardized until '85.   
      
   Seven years, then, is a comfortable approximation, but you could argue   
   that the gap was either much longer or much shorter. I'd have to go   
   digging further to get a better notion of *A.* how long it took after   
   Richie's first efforts for C to be in general use, and *B.* whether C++   
   saw much use at all before the '85 standard.   
      
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