Listen "Past, Present and Future of C++"
Episode Synopsis
Rob and Jason are joined by Bjarne Stroustrup, designer and original implementer of C++ to discuss the current state of C++, his vision for the future as well as some discussion of the past.
Bjarne Stroustrup is the designer and original implementer of C++ as well as the author of The C++ Programming Language (Fourth Edition) and A Tour of C++, Programming: Principles and Practice using C++ (Second Edition), and many popular and academic publications. Dr. Stroustrup is a Managing Director in the technology division of Morgan Stanley in New York City as well as a visiting professor at Columbia University. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and an IEEE, ACM, and CHM fellow. His research interests include distributed systems, design, programming techniques, software development tools, and programming languages. To make C++ a stable and up-to-date base for real-world software development, he has been a leading figure with the ISO C++ standards effort for more than 25 years. He holds a master’s in Mathematics from Aarhus University and a PhD in Computer Science from Cambridge University, where he is an honorary fellow of Churchill College.
News
C++ Montreal
HPX V1.0 Released
A serious bug in GCC
What's New in ReSharper C++ 2016.3 and 2017.1
Bjarne Stroustrup
Bjarne Stroustrup's homepage
Links
A Tour of C++
The C++ Programming Language (4th Edition)
CppCon 2016: Bjarne Stroustrup "The Evolution of C++ Past, Present and Future"
Sponsors
Backtrace
JetBrains
Hosts
@robwirving
@lefticus
Bjarne Stroustrup is the designer and original implementer of C++ as well as the author of The C++ Programming Language (Fourth Edition) and A Tour of C++, Programming: Principles and Practice using C++ (Second Edition), and many popular and academic publications. Dr. Stroustrup is a Managing Director in the technology division of Morgan Stanley in New York City as well as a visiting professor at Columbia University. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and an IEEE, ACM, and CHM fellow. His research interests include distributed systems, design, programming techniques, software development tools, and programming languages. To make C++ a stable and up-to-date base for real-world software development, he has been a leading figure with the ISO C++ standards effort for more than 25 years. He holds a master’s in Mathematics from Aarhus University and a PhD in Computer Science from Cambridge University, where he is an honorary fellow of Churchill College.
News
C++ Montreal
HPX V1.0 Released
A serious bug in GCC
What's New in ReSharper C++ 2016.3 and 2017.1
Bjarne Stroustrup
Bjarne Stroustrup's homepage
Links
A Tour of C++
The C++ Programming Language (4th Edition)
CppCon 2016: Bjarne Stroustrup "The Evolution of C++ Past, Present and Future"
Sponsors
Backtrace
JetBrains
Hosts
@robwirving
@lefticus
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