He has also taught and written about C++ with books like “Programming: Principles and Practice using C++. ... I still do a bit of programming using everything from C and C++ to Rust and Ada/SPARK.

Stroustrup has authored a large number of books such as A Tour of C++, Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++, The C++ Programming Language, and The Design and Evolution of C++.

Mark Russinovich, the chief technology officer of Microsoft Azure, says developers should avoid using C or C++ programming languages in new projects and instead use Rust because of security and ...