C++’s origins date back to 1979, when Bjarne Stroustrup, the programming language’s creator, first began work on the language that was then known as “C with Classes”.

Several people are going to recommend The C Programming Language by Kernighan & Ritchie; it's a good book, but it's getting a bit long in the tooth and doesn't cover the C99 standard.

Apple is the latest tech giant to highlight security problems with C/C++ code in operating systems. The company is addressing memory safety in XNU, the kernel for iOS, macOS, watchOS, and more.