From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 22:40:10 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > On 5 Feb 2026 16:33:37 GMT, Stefan Ram wrote:   
   >   
   >> 1987         GNU C++ (first)   
   >   
   > Really?? GNU did the first native C++ compiler??   
   >   
   > I guess I shouldn’t be *too* surprised ... ;)   
      
   I don't think there was all that much interest. Microsoft's C 6.0 in '89   
   didn't have it but C/C++ 7.0 in '92 did. iirc Borland had C++ in '91 and   
   I'm not sure about Watom.   
      
   I wonder how much adding C++ to GNU C was wiring in CFront?   
      
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