The C++ Programming Language was the first book to describe the
C++ programming language, written by the language’s creator,
Bjarne Stroustrup, and first published in October 1985. In the absence of an official standard, the book served for several years as the
de facto documentation for the evolving C++ language until the release of the
ISO/IEC 14882:1998: Programming Language C++ standard on 1 September 1998. As the standard further evolved with the standardization of language and library extensions and with the publication of technical
corrigenda, later editions of the book were updated to incorporate the new changes.