Known forCreating C++ Doctoral advisorDavid Wheeler AwardsGrace Murray Hopper Award
BornDecember 30, 1950 (age 64)
Aarhus, Denmark (1950-12-30) InstitutionsAarhus University
University of Cambridge
Texas A&M University
Bell Labs
Morgan Stanley
Columbia University Alma materAarhus University (MSc)
Churchill College, Cambridge (PhD) ThesisCommunication and control in distributed computer systems (1979) ResidenceNew York City, New York, United States EducationAarhus University, Churchill College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge BooksThe C++ Programming Language, Programming: Principles and Pract, A Tour of C++, The Design and Evolution, The Annotated C++ Refe Similar PeopleJohn Backus, Niklaus Wirth, James Gosling, Linus Torvalds, Grace Hopper
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Bjarne Stroustrup (; [ˈbjɑːnə ˈsdʁʌwˀsdʁɔb]; born 30 December 1950) is a Danish computer scientist, most notable for the creation and development of the widely used C++ programming language. He is a visiting professor at Columbia University, and works at Morgan Stanley as a Managing Director in New York.
Stroustrup has a master's degree in mathematics and computer science (1975) from Aarhus University, Denmark, and a PhD. in computer science (1979) from the University of Cambridge, England. His thesis advisor at Cambridge was Professor David Wheeler.
Career
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 a textbook for the language, The C++ Programming Language.
Stroustrup was the head of AT&T Bell Labs' 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. From 2002 to 2014, Stroustrup was the College of Engineering Chair in Computer Science Professor at Texas A&M University. As of January 2014, Stroustrup is a Managing Director in the technology division of Morgan Stanley in New York City and a Visiting Professor in Computer Science at Columbia University. ITMO University noble doctor since 2013.
In 2015, he was made a Fellow of the Computer History Museum for his invention of the C++ programming language.
Publications
Stroustrup has written or co-written a number of publications including the following books.
Stroustrup, Bjarne (2013). A Tour of C++. Addison-Wesley Professional. ISBN 978-0321958310.
Stroustrup, Bjarne (2008-12-29). Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ (1st ed.). Addison-Wesley Professional. ISBN 0-321-54372-6.
Stroustrup, Bjarne (2013-05-23). The C++ Programming Language (4th ed.). Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. ISBN 0-321-563840.
Stroustrup, Bjarne (1994-03-29). Design and Evolution of C++ (1st ed.). Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. ISBN 0-201-54330-3.
Ellis, Margaret A.; Stroustrup, Bjarne (1990-01-01). The Annotated C++ Reference Manual. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. ISBN 0-201-51459-1.