Delphi-PRAXiS - Evolution of C++ standards

Programming languages are exciting for developers, and C++, one of the more technically challenging and also perhaps the most widely used compiled language, is one of the most exciting. As Theodore Roosevelt is misquoted (*), 'the more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future,' so let’s dive into a bit of C++ history and how it’s shaped our coding today.

Many people may know that C++ grew out of C language extensions, started by Bjorne Stroustrup in 1979.&nbs