# The Story of C++: The World's Most Consequential Programming Language | The Official Story

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**Created:** [June 4, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/the-story-of-c-the-worlds-most-consequential-programming-language-the-official-story/10947 "2026-06-04T20:36:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/the-story-of-c-the-worlds-most-consequential-programming-language-the-official-story/10947/1 "2026-06-04T20:36:57Z")

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**Author:** ![jorgeg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/jorgeg/32/6835_2.png) [@jorgeg](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/jorgeg)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/the-story-of-c-the-worlds-most-consequential-programming-language-the-official-story/10947/2 "2026-06-06T00:43:56Z")

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how much money would we need to make the same one for Fortran?

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**Author:** ![rwmsu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/48db29/32.png) [@rwmsu](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/rwmsu)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/the-story-of-c-the-worlds-most-consequential-programming-language-the-official-story/10947/3 "2026-06-07T12:23:12Z")

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Python and Javascript say “hold my beer”