Bjarne Stroustrup: 1950 -
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Bjarne Stroustrup was born in Denmark; he is a computer scientist and the
College of Engineering Chair Professor of Computer Science at Texas A&M
University. He is most notable for developing the C++ programming language.
A rough English attempt at pronunciation of his name would be "B-yar-ne
Strov-stroop".
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."
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.
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