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
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.
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.
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.
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.
views way problem
Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem
program very-good objects
Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good
littles garbage language
C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
computer easy longer since wished
There's an old story about the person who wished his computer was as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone.
framework general library novel standard
The most novel and interesting part of the standard library is the general and extensible framework for containers and algorithms.
essential formal health industry key publicly rather short software standards
In the short term, say 10 years, many such standards will be industry standards rather than formal ISO or IEEE standards, but it is essential for the software industry's health that key interfaces be well-specified and publicly available.
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.