Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology Inventor of C++ Yukihiro Matsumoto Dennis Ritchie Rasmus Lerdorf Bjarne Stroustrup Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself D Correct answer Explanation Bjarne Stroustrup created C++ in 1979 as an extension of the C programming language. He called it 'C with Classes' initially. Yukihiro Matsumoto created Ruby, and Dennis Ritchie created C (not C++).