C++ turned 22 this year-yes, it was 22 years ago that Bjarne Stroustrup published the first specification of the language. Moreover, C has another dozen or so years on C++. Despite all predictions that Java and .NET languages will make C++ obsolete, C and C++ development remains healthy. More than 3 million programmers maintain and enhance the C and C++ applications currently in use and continue to write significant amounts of new code.