Bjarne Stroustrup
Bjarne Stroustrup
Bjarne Stroustrupis a Danish computer scientist, most notable for the creation and development of the widely used C++ programming language. He is a visiting professor at Columbia University, and works at Morgan Stanley as a Managing Director in New York...
NationalityDanish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth30 December 1950
CountryDenmark
language support thinking variety ways
Consequently, a general-purpose programming language should support a variety of ways of thinking and a variety of programming styles.
according commercial consider context criteria design encourage languages people
I encourage people to consider the two languages according to their design criteria and not just in the context of commercial rivalries.
perfect language salesman
Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.
support language programming
I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining
language wonderful code
More good code has been written in languages denounced as "bad'' than in languages proclaimed "wonderful'' - much more.
java serious language
However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
language should ifs
Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.
littles garbage language
C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
code depend good source tool tools work
Tool vendors have made a good start, but have much work to do in tools that depend on compilers and other source code analyzers.
both standard tool
Thus, the standard library will serve as both a tool and as a teacher.
answer basic code computers depend elaborate few interface large list numbers partial systems
My list of basic tools is a partial answer to the question about what has changed: Over the past few years, large numbers of programmers have come to depend on elaborate tools to interface code with systems facilities.
library tools standards
I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries
real impact trying
I like doing research that has an impact. If I went to a company to make what they call 'real money,' I'd be just trying to make a system work as fast as possible to meet the product and serice deadlines.
civilization fields degrees
Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields