BJARNE STROUSTRUP

'Bjarne Stroustrup' () (born December 30, 1950 in Aarhus, Denmark) 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"'^[1].
Stroustrup, 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.
Stroustrup has a ''cand. scient.'' (the Danish equivalent to 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.^[2]

★ 1993 - ACM Grace Murray Hopper award

★ 2004 - IEEE Computer Society 2004 Computer Entrepreneur Award

★ 2005 - William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement

Contents

Books

References

External links

Books

★ ''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

1. research.att.com: audio (WAV) file on how to pronounce Bjarne's name
2. 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

★ The Real Stroustrup Interview (IEEE's ''Computer'' magazine June 1998) (alternative)

★ A Hoax interview transcript with IEEE's ''Computer'' magazine. (alternative)