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Bjarne Stroustrup

Bjarne Stroustrup
Stroustrup in 2013
Born (1950-12-30) 30 December 1950 (age 73)
NationalityDanish
Alma mater
Known forC++
Spouse
Marian Tinson
(m. 1975)
Children2
Awards
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisCommunication and control in distributed computer systems (1979)
Doctoral advisorDavid Wheeler[1]
Websitestroustrup.com

Bjarne Stroustrup (/ˈbjɑːrnə ˈstrɒvstrʊp/; Danish: [ˈpjɑːnə ˈstʁʌwˀstʁɔp];[2][3] born 30 December 1950) is a Danish computer scientist, known for the development of the C++ programming language.[4] 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.[5]

  1. ^ Bjarne Stroustrup at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Stroustrup, Bjarne. "How do you pronounce "Bjarne Stroustrup?"". Bjarne Stroustrup's Homepage. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. ^ Stroustrup, Bjarne. "Bjarne pronounces his own name". Bjarne Stroustrup's Homepage. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. ^ Wong, William (29 October 2013). "Interview: Bjarne Stroustrup Discusses C++". Electronic Design. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Bjarne Stroustrup". Columbia Engineering. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

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