While not a complete history, the following book, 'Design and Evolution of C++', does go into some history of other languages that influenced C++: http://www.a

While not a complete history, the following book, 'Design and Evolution of C++', does go into some history of other languages that influenced C++: http://www.amazon.com/The-Design-Evolution-Bjarne-Stroustrup/dp/0201543303 http://www.amazon.com/The-Design-Evolution-Bjarne-Stroustrup... If you happen to be in bay area, visiting the 'Computer History Museum' is a good start too: http://www.computerhistory.org/ http://www.computerhistory.org/