Last week I was preparing a lecture about the SystemC language and came across an article by Stephen A. Edwards, “The Challenges of Synthesizing Hardware from C-Like Languages,” about various C-like languages used for describing hardware. Among the various languages and tools there was a link to U.S. patent …

Evidence has been found that the C++ language was invented in the USSR. The figure below shows a fragment of the secret documentation for the control system of a strategic nuclear incubator.

Thanks to Roma Prikhodchenko for the find. :)