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
unique practice skills
[Corporate programming] is often done to the point where the individual is completely submerged in corporate "culture" with no outlet for unique talents and skills. Corporate practices can be directly hostile to individuals with exceptional skills and initiative in technical matters. I consider such management of technical people cruel and wasteful.
design forget programming
Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
views way problem
Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem
independent java platforms
Java isn't platform independent; it is a platform
believe simple people
People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language.
beautiful being-beautiful awful
There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful--many more.
effort java may
This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.
program very-good objects
Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good
simple thinking misunderstood
If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
real winning trouble
It's easy to win forgiveness for being wrong; being right is what gets you into real trouble.
littles garbage language
C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
organization able treats
An organization that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.
wish stories use
There's an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone.
done invisible software
When done well, software is invisible.