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C++

Created by Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Labs starting in 1979 (as 'C with Classes', renamed 1983). Added OOP, templates, and RAII to C. Powers game engines, browsers, databases, and operating systems.

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C++ STL concept

The Standard Template Library, designed by Alexander Stepanov and adopted into C++ in 1994. Introduced generic programming with containers, iterators, and algorithms. Proved that abstraction need not cost performance.