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On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 22:40:10 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On 5 Feb 2026 16:33:37 GMT, Stefan Ram wrote:
> 
>> 1987         GNU C++ (first)
> 
> Really?? GNU did the first native C++ compiler??
> 
> I guess I shouldn’t be *too* surprised ... ;)

I don't think there was all that much interest. Microsoft's C 6.0 in '89 
didn't have it but C/C++ 7.0 in '92 did. iirc Borland had C++ in '91 and 
I'm not sure about Watom. 

I wonder how much adding C++ to GNU C was wiring in CFront?