C++: The Documentary

C++: The Documentary premiered today on YouTube, and it was great to be on the live chat with Bjarne and many other key folks who participated in C++’s history. I’m honored to have been one of hundreds of people who have played a part in advancing Bjarne’s wonderful project over the years.

《C++：纪录片》今天在 YouTube 上首映了。很高兴能与 Bjarne 以及许多参与过 C++ 历史的关键人物一起参与实时聊天。我很荣幸能成为多年来为推进 Bjarne 这项伟大项目做出贡献的数百人之一。

If you haven’t watched this yet, make it a weekend goal. What a great synopsis of a 40-year success story, from humble beginnings to global adoption to being currently (as of Q3 2025) the fastest-growing of the top four languages in the world… +90% users in the past 3.5 years.

如果你还没看过，不妨把它列入周末计划。这部纪录片精彩地总结了 C++ 40 年的成功历程：从卑微的起点到全球普及，再到目前（截至 2025 年第三季度）成为全球四大编程语言中增长最快的一个——在过去 3.5 年中用户增长了 90% 以上。

People who appear in the documentary:

出现在纪录片中的人物：

Bjarne Stroustrup: Bell Labs, Designer and original implementer of C++ Bjarne Stroustrup： 贝尔实验室，C++ 的设计者和最初实现者
Alexander Stepanov: Designer of the Standard Template Library Alexander Stepanov： 标准模板库（STL）的设计者
Anders Hejlsberg: Creator of C#, TypeScript, and Turbo Pascal Anders Hejlsberg： C#、TypeScript 和 Turbo Pascal 的创造者
Andrei Alexandrescu: Principal Research Scientist, Nvidia & C++ Author Andrei Alexandrescu： 英伟达首席研究科学家，C++ 作者
Andrew Koenig: Bell Labs, Founding member of the C++ Standards Committee, Researcher, C++ Author & Educator Andrew Koenig： 贝尔实验室，C++ 标准委员会创始成员，研究员，C++ 作者及教育家
Barbara Moo: Bell Labs, Manager C++ Development Team & C++ Author Barbara Moo： 贝尔实验室，C++ 开发团队经理及 C++ 作者
Brian Kernighan: Bell Labs, Computer Scientist, Co-author of “The C Programming Language” Brian Kernighan： 贝尔实验室，计算机科学家，《C 程序设计语言》合著者
Chris Lattner: Creator of Mojo, LLVM, Clang & Swift Chris Lattner： Mojo、LLVM、Clang 和 Swift 的创造者
Danilo Piparo: Particle Physicist, CERN, ROOT Framework Project Lead Danilo Piparo： 粒子物理学家，欧洲核子研究中心（CERN），ROOT 框架项目负责人
Eric Lubin: Software Developer – Lead, Hudson River Trading Eric Lubin： 软件开发主管，Hudson River Trading
Gabriel Dos Reis: Software Engineer and Architect, Microsoft; C++ tools builder; Mathematician Gabriel Dos Reis： 微软软件工程师兼架构师，C++ 工具构建者，数学家
Herb Sutter: Technical Fellow, Citadel Securities; Chair, Standard C++ Foundation; Chair Emeritus, ISO C++ Committee Herb Sutter： Citadel Securities 技术院士，标准 C++ 基金会主席，ISO C++ 委员会名誉主席
John Romero: Video Game Developer, Co-Creator of Doom and Quake, Co-Founder id Software John Romero： 电子游戏开发者，《毁灭战士》（Doom）和《雷神之锤》（Quake）的共同创造者，id Software 联合创始人
Nina Ranns: Vice-Convener of the ISO C++ Committee Nina Ranns： ISO C++ 委员会副召集人

Chapters

章节目录

00:00 Intro (简介)
01:50 Invention at AT&T Bell Labs (在 AT&T 贝尔实验室的发明)
07:30 C with Classes (带类的 C)
09:37 Early adoption of C with Classes (带类的 C 的早期采用)
10:53 From C with Classes to C++ (and CFront) (从带类的 C 到 C++ 及 CFront)
12:32 Why is it called C++? (为什么叫 C++？)
13:24 AT&T starts selling software / Another team tries to take over C++ (AT&T 开始销售软件 / 另一个团队试图接管 C++)
16:08 Early development of C++ at AT&T Bell Labs (C++ 在 AT&T 贝尔实验室的早期开发)
19:10 “It was a buggy product” / Release 2.0.0 (“那是一个充满 Bug 的产品” / 2.0.0 版本发布)
21:55 C++ spreading beyond AT&T (C++ 在 AT&T 之外的传播)
24:50 Too many versions of C++ (C++ 版本过多)
26:03 Need for standardization (标准化的需求)
29:38 The STL by Alexander Stepanov (Alexander Stepanov 的 STL)
37:19 The first standard: C++98 (第一个标准：C++98)
39:21 C++ at CERN in the 90s (90 年代的 CERN C++)
40:34 C++ spreading to games and trading (C++ 向游戏和交易领域的扩展)
43:00 C++ winter of the early 2000s (21 世纪初的 C++ 寒冬)
45:34 Programming language wars (C#) (编程语言战争：C#)
49:25 There’s a need for an efficient programming language again (再次需要高效的编程语言)
52:29 Modern C++ (C++11) (现代 C++：C++11)
56:29 Is the standards committee making C++ too complicated? (标准委员会是否让 C++ 变得太复杂了？)
1:00:45 C++ is everywhere (C++ 无处不在)
01:05:00 The future and challenges for C++ (C++ 的未来与挑战)
01:08:31 Bjarne’s impact (Bjarne 的影响力)

Published by Herb Sutter Herb Sutter is an author and speaker, and a technical fellow at Citadel Securities. He serves as chair of the Standard C++ Foundation and its conference CppCon, and served as chair of the ISO C++ standards committee from 2002 to 2025.

作者：Herb Sutter Herb Sutter 是一位作家、演讲者，也是 Citadel Securities 的技术院士。他担任标准 C++ 基金会及其会议 CppCon 的主席，并曾于 2002 年至 2025 年间担任 ISO C++ 标准委员会主席。