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
real fall inspiration
My impression was and is that many programming languages and tools represent solutions looking for problems, and I was determined that my work should not fall into that category. Thus, I follow the literature on programming languages and the debates about programming languages primarily looking for ideas for solutions to problems my colleagues and I have encountered in real applications. Other programming languages constitute a mountain of ideas and inspiration-but it has to be mined carefully to avoid featurism and inconsistencies.
tests doe answers
How to test?" is a question that cannot be answered in general. "When to test?" however, does have a general answer: as early and as often as possible.
looks analyzing tools
Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
library wheels librarian
The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
science years mathematics
Most of the programmers in ten years will be us, and we won't get much smarter.
clever dirty thinking
Always think about how a piece of code should be used: good interfaces are the essence of good code. You can hide all kinds of clever and dirty code behind a good interface if you really need such code.
thinking errors connections
The connection between the language in which we think/program and the problems and solutions we can imagine is very close. For this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous.
simple important use
With the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings to those be clean, well documented, and simple to use.
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.
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.