The C++ Programming Language was the first book to describe the C++ programming language, written by the language’s creator, Bjarne Stroustrup, and first published in October 1985. In the absence of an official standard, the book served for several years as the de facto documentation for the evolving C++ language until the release of the ISO/IEC 14882:1998: Programming Language C++ standard on 1 September 1998. As the standard further evolved with the standardization of language and library extensions and with the publication of technical corrigenda, later editions of the book were updated to incorporate the new changes.
Bjarne Stroustrup(本贾尼·斯特劳斯特卢普博士，1950年出生于丹麦，先后毕业于[1] 丹麦阿鲁斯大学和英国剑桥大学，曾担任AT&T大规模程序设计研究部门负责人，AT&T、贝尔实验室和ACM成员，德州农工大学计算机系首席教授，德州农工大学“杰出教授”。现任摩根士丹利信息技术部门董事总经理、哥伦比亚大学计算机科学系客座教授，美国国家工程学会会员，IEEE、ACM、CHM资深会员。1979年，B. S开始开发一种语言，当时称为“C with Classes”（带类的C），后来演化为C++。1998年，ANSI/ISO C++标准建立，同年，B. S推出了其经典著作The C++ Programming Language的第三版。C++的标准化标志着B. S博士倾20年心血的伟大构想终于实现。
