Bjarne Stroustrup
Bjarne Stroustrup | |
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 Bjarne Stroustrup | |
| Born | December 30, 1950 |
| Occupation(s) | College of Engineering Chair in Computer Science Professor, Texas A&M University |
| Known for | The creation of C++ |
| Website | Personal Page |
Bjarne Stroustrup (Danish pronunciation: [ˈbjɑːnə ˈsdʁʌʊ̯ˀsdʁɔb]; born December 30, 1950 in Århus, Denmark) is a computer scientist, most notable for the creation and the development of the widely used C++ programming language. He is currently Professor and holder of the College of Engineering Chair in Computer Science at the Texas A&M University.[1] A rough English attempt at pronunciation of his name would be "B-yarn-uh Strof-stwoop". As said himself, most native English speakers get 'Bjarne' right, but he often has to say 'Stroo-strup' or 'Strow-strop' to be understood. [2]
Stroustrup began developing C++ in 1979 (then called "C with Classes"), and, in his own words, "invented C++, wrote its early definitions, and produced its first implementation... chose and formulated the design criteria for C++, designed all its major facilities, and was responsible for the processing of extension proposals in the C++ standards committee."[3] Stroustrup also wrote what many consider to be the standard text for the language, The C++ Programming Language, which is now in its third edition. The text has been revised twice to reflect the evolution of the language and the work of the C++ standards committee.
Education and academic work
Stroustrup has a master's degree in mathematics and computer science (1975) from the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and a Ph.D. in computer science (1979) from the University of Cambridge, England. He was the head of AT&T Lab's Large-scale Programming Research department, from its creation until late 2002. Stroustrup was elected member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2004. He is a Fellow of the ACM (1994) and an IEEE Fellow. He currently works at Texas A&M University as a Professor where he holds the College of Engineering Chair in Computer Science.[4]
Awards
- 1993 - ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award
- 2004 - IEEE Computer Society 2004 Computer Entrepreneur Award
- 2005 - William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement
- 2008 - Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming award.
Books
- Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup - Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (December 29, 2008); ISBN 0-321-54372-1
- The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup - Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 3rd edition (February 15, 2000); ISBN 0-201-70073-5
- The Design and Evolution of C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup - Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 1st edition (March 29, 1994); ISBN 0-201-54330-3
- The Annotated C++ Reference Manual by Margaret A. Ellis & Bjarne Stroustrup - Addison-Wesley Pub Co; (January 1, 1990); ISBN 0-201-51459-1
References
- ^ Bjarne Stroustrup's Homepage
- ^ How do you pronounce "Bjarne Stroustrup?"
- ^ The C++ Programming Language, B. Stroustrup, p.10
- ^ Bjarne Stroustrup: Some Information about Bjarne Stroustrup
External links
- Bjarne Stroustrup's homepage
- Bjarne Stroustrup's Texas A&M homepage
- Meet Bjarne Stroustrup (Video)
- List of interviews with Bjarne Stroustrup
- A hoax interview transcript with IEEE's Computer magazine.
- The Real Stroustrup Interview (IEEE's Computer magazine June 1998) (alternative)
- Computerworld Interview with Bjarne Stroustrup
- C++
- Danish computer scientists
- Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
- Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Scientists at Bell Labs
- Grace Murray Hopper Award laureates
- Programming language designers
- University of Aarhus alumni
- Alumni of Churchill College, Cambridge
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Texas A&M University faculty