In 1979, Bjarne Stroustrup arrived at Bell Labs. What started as a small personal experiment became one of the world's most used, most controversial, and most powerful languages.
C++ is an awesome programming language. But that same awesomeness also causes problems especially for Fighter Jets flight computer software lol. F-35 Fighter Jet designers made an Av rule of banning C++ exception handling usage.
It's crazy to think about all the game engines and programs that were written in C++. I was teaching myself a bit of C++ but I haven't messed with the language in a long time, I am interested in this documentary though.