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C++ Inventor Changing Jobs

Posted by chrisd on from the stl-at-a-and-m dept.

JewFish writes "Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup, designer and implementer of the C++ programming language is switching jobs. He has accepted the COE Endowed Chair in Computer Science at Texas A&M University. The fulfillment of this fulltime position was announced today by the head of the computer science department. Now that Dr. Stroustrup will be on faculty I sure hope they start offering a C++ course or two."

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  1. Surprising, or unlikely? by jdennett · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Given that only a few days ago I was in dialog with Mr Stroustrup regarding publicising some work he is publishing at
    http://www.research.att.com/~bs/applications.htm l it would be surprising to me if he had made plans to abandon his post at AT&T so suddenly.

    On the other hand, AT&T research did recently shed a large number of staff, including Matt Austern, author of the fine book "Generic Programming and the STL" (fear not, Matt is now working for Apple), so who knows what's going on there.

    Teaching is something Bjarne feels very strongly about, and indeed his "directions for C++0x" thoughts emphasize the importance of making C++ easier to teach.

    Ah well, if this is true, a lot of FAQs will need to have updated URLs...

  2. Re:Mabye it means he will make C++ better by Tom7 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    We also need relational and logic programming. But remember, always give the user the ability to shoot himself in the foot, because that's what he /really/ wants!

    What the hell! Throw it all in!