Bjarne Stroustrup urges the C++ community and the WG21 standards committee to adopt mandatory guideline configuration files, known as Profiles, to improve type and memory safety, while highlighting recent language features, upcoming C++23 and C++26 enhancements, and the broader evolution of the language.
Amid a US government report urging developers to abandon C and C++ for memory‑safe languages, C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup argues that modern C++ already incorporates strong safety guarantees, cites ongoing standards work, and warns that abandoning the language overlooks its evolving security features.
The article traces C++’s four‑decade evolution—from its 1979 birth as an object‑oriented extension of C, through landmark standards like C++11, to its pervasive role in systems, games and AI—while highlighting Bjarne Stroustrup’s philosophy of incremental, hardware‑focused development and recent promotional efforts.
Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich announced that developers should cease launching new C/C++ projects and consider Rust for non‑GC scenarios, prompting a robust defense from C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup highlighting recent safety improvements and sparking widespread community debate.
In a recent global C++ conference, Bjarne Stroustrup outlined the major features of C++20, explained his design philosophy of simplicity, balance, freedom and friendliness, and highlighted how C++ continues to serve a wide range of domains while offering guidance for learning and future evolution.
The article chronicles Bjarne Stroustrup’s creation of C++, his pivotal role in its evolution, the prestigious 2017 Faraday Medal honor, and how C++ remains essential in large‑scale and infrastructure applications such as telecommunications, banking, and embedded systems.
