Roberto V. Zicari interviews Bjarne Stroustrup, the inventor of C++ programming language

C++ Programming 1 Minute

Roberto V. Zicari interviewed Bjarne Stroustrup, the inventor of C++ programming language, back in 2007. Roberto again interviews Bjarne 13 years later.

In the interview, Bjarne talks about notable computer scientists that influenced his career and work. Bjarne also talks about why he designed the C++ language and why he started with the C language. Bjarne also talks about three guiding principles for the design of the C++ language: “Make the language simpler! Add these two essential features now!! Don’t break (any of) my code!!!”

Read the interview on the Roberto’s ODBMS.ORG site.

My Conversations with Bjarne Stroustrup

I’ve also had two opportunities to talk live online with Bjarne about the C++ language during past Embarcadero CodeRage online conferences:

A Conversation with the C++ language designer, Bjarne Stroustrup
Monday, December 10, 2012
C++ Language Conversation with Bjarne Stroustrup and David Intersimone
Tuesday, December 4, 2018

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About Roberto Zicari

Roberto is Full Professor of Database and Information Systems at Frankfurt University. He was for over 15 years the representative of the OMG in Europe. Previously, Roberto served as associate professor at Politecnico di Milano, Italy; Visiting scientist at IBM Almaden Research Center, USA, the University of California at Berkeley, USA; Visiting professor at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, the National University of Mexico City, Mexico and the Copenhagen Business School, Danemark.

About Bjarne Stroustrup

Bjarne is a Technical Fellow and a Managing Director in the technology division of Morgan Stanley in New York City and a Visiting Professor in Computer Science at Columbia University. Bjarne designed and implemented the C++ programming language. To make C++ a stable and up-to-date base for real-world software development, Bjarne says “I have stuck with its ISO standards effort for almost 30 years (so far).”

Bjarne Stroustrup’s homepage

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David Intersimone, known to many as "David I", is a passionate and innovative software industry veteran who extols and educates the world on developer tools, software development and software architectures. David I joined Borland Software in 1985 where he practically invented Developer Relations. During David I’s forty-three years as a developer, development manager, developer community executive, development cheerleader, and developer advocate, he has created a thriving global developer community, thousands of articles, videos and blog posts. Before Embarcadero acquired the developer tools business from Borland Software, David spent more than 20 years with Borland in various evangelism, engineering, and development capacities, including creating the company's developer relations program. Today, David I shares his visions and insights as a pioneer in developer relations with program managers, directors and developers where he gives workshops, webinars, guidance and advice on developer communities, developer advocacy and software development.

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