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Bjarne Stroustrup is a renowned computer scientist, known as the creator of the C++ programming language. He invented C++ in 1979, a widely-used programming language that has had a profound impact on software engineering. Born on December 30, 1950, Stroustrup's career has been dedicated to the design and development of programming languages and various fields of computer science.

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“I do not think that safety should be bought at the cost of complicating the expression of good solutions to real-life problems.”

Thinking Should Real Problem Expression Cost Solutions Safety Real Life

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“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.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Should Kind Used Behinds Pieces Essence Clever All Kinds Code Dirty Interfaces

Author:Bjarne Stroustrup

“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.”

Source: The Design and Evolution of C++

“Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.”

Ifs Should Language

Author:Bjarne Stroustrup

“Tom [Cargil]s suggestion with a further idea: Propsers of new [C++] features should be required to donate a kidney. That would - Jim [Waldo] pointed out - make people think hard before proposing, and even people without any sense would propose at most two extensions.”

People Thinking Should Two Ideas Hard Features Toms Suggestions Extensions Propose Kidneys Donate

Author:Bjarne Stroustrup

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Born: December 30, 1950
Known for: Scientist
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