Q&A: Bjarne Stroustrup previews C++ 17 The new version due later this year will feature parallel algorithms, but Concepts, modules, and coroutines will have to wait for a future upgrade Bjarne Stroustrup created the C++ language in 1979, and it still scores high in language popularity indexes today as it expands into mobile development. The next version of the language, C++ 17, is due later this y