Language , written by its architect, is the seminal book on the language. Paradigm(s) Multi-paradigm : [ 1 ] procedural , functional , object-oriented , generic Appeared in 1983 Designed by Bjarne Stroustrup Developer Bjarne Stroustrup Bell Labs ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21 Stable release ISO/IEC 14882:2011 (2011) Typing discipline Static , unsafe ,