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Bjarne Stroustrup
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Bjarne Stroustrup is a Danish and American computer scientist, engineer, and programmer born in Aarhus on December 30, 1950. He holds citizenship in the Danish Realm and the United States, where he currently resides. Stroustrup was educated at Aarhus University and Churchill College, University of Cambridge, with David Wheeler serving as his doctoral advisor. His professional career has included positions at Bell Labs, AT&T, Morgan Stanley, and Texas A&M University.
His field of work encompasses programming languages, informatics, and software development. Stroustrup is recognized for his contributions to the C++ programming language, which is listed among his notable works. He has authored numerous publications, including titles such as *C++*, *C++ Linguaggio*, and *Die C++-Programmiersprache*. His archives are held at the Computer History Museum.
Stroustrup is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Association for Computing Machinery. He has received several awards, including the Grace Murray Hopper Award, the Dahl–Nygaard Prize, the Faraday Medal, and the Charles Stark Draper Prize.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 30 December 1950
- Works
- 25
Top works
- C++
- C++ Linguaggio, Libreria Standard
- Eine Tour durch C++
- Die C++-Programmiersprache
- C++ cheng xu she ji yu yan
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 408
- Total plays
- 594
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- PD-1 Blockade in Tumors with Mismatch-Repair Deficiency
· 2015 · cited 8,235x
- Mismatch repair deficiency predicts response of solid tumors to PD-1 blockade
· 2017 · cited 5,789x
- Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA in Early- and Late-Stage Human Malignancies
· 2014 · cited 4,113x
- DNA methylation-based classification of central nervous system tumours
· 2018 · cited 2,756x
- Quantification of biofilm structures by the novel computer program comstat
· 2000 · cited 1,939x
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Quotes
- “Within C++, there is a much smaller and cleaner language struggling to get out.”
- “I do not think that safety should be bought at the cost of complicating the expression of good solutions to real-life problems.”
- “The connection between the language in which we think/program and the problems and solutions we can imagine is very close. For this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous.”
- “There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful — many more.”
- “[Corporate programming] is often done to the point where the individual is completely submerged in corporate "culture" with no outlet for unique talents and skills. Corporate practices can be directly hostile to individuals with exceptional skills and initiative in technical matters. I consider such management of technical people cruel and wasteful.”
- “Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naïve or a salesman.”
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Official website
Bjarne Stroustrup's Homepage
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bjarne
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Aarhus
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Aarhus University
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- John Scott Award
- Notable work
- Q2407
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Doctoral advisor
- David Wheeler
- Field of work
- computer science
- Official website
- stroustrup.com
- Image
- Bjarne Stroustrup (2013).jpg
- Residence
- United States
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- Commons category
- Bjarne Stroustrup
- date of birth
- 1950-12-30
- member of
- Association for Computing Machinery
- streaming media URL
- www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102740023
- archives at
- Computer History Museum
- name in native language
- Bjarne Stroustrup
- ACM Classification Code (2012)
- 10011371
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- end of work period
- 1990-00-00
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Bjarne Stroustrup (/ˈbjɑːrnə ˈstrɒvstrʊp/ ; Danish: [ˈbjɑːnə ˈstʁʌwˀstʁɔp]; born 30 December 1950) is a Danish computer scientist, known for the development of the C++ programming language. He led the Large-scale Programming Research department at Bell Labs, served as a professor of computer science at Texas A&M University, and spent over a decade at Morgan Stanley while also being a visiting professor at Columbia University. Since 2022 he has been a full professor at Columbia.
Early life and education
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