The early programming languages were procedure oriented. The computer solution to problems in Procedure Oriented Programming (POP) paradigm was divided into a number of procedures or functions. The POP usually adopted a top-down approach. The programs were written to carry out one task at a time. The program written using these languages consists of writing code to accomplish specific tasks. The focus of programs was procedures or tasks.
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Bjarne Stroustrup of AT&T Laboratories is the architect of C++ language. His book, The C++ Programming Language details the history of C++. In the 1980s, the language was known as 'C with classes"". Bjarne Stroustrup originally developed the extended language to write some event-driven simulations. 'C with classes' was used in major simulation projects. The name C++ (pronounced as C plus plus) was coined by Rick Mascitti in the year 1983. The author's main objective in designing this new language was to write successful and good programs which would be easier than assemblers, C, or other high-level languages. According to Bjarne Stroustrup, C++ owes most to C. C is retained as a subset of C++. C in turn owes much to its predecessor BPCL. The class concept was derived from Simula 67.