ROOT and the C++ Documentary: the trailer!

(15 May 2026)

In 1979, Bjarne Stroustrup arrived at Bell Labs. What started as a small personal experiment became one of the world’s most used, most controversial, and most powerful languages.

Squeezing out performance from hardware, while providing flexibility and expressiveness, today C++ is one of the most prominent programming languages used in science.

Cult.repo shot a documentary about C++, featuring its creator, several world-class C++ experts, CERN, and also ROOT. Check out the trailer, waiting for the release of the full documentary on June 4th!