Bjarne Stroustrup - The Essence of C++

Bjarne Stroustrup, creator and developer of C++, delivers his talk entitled, The Essence of C++. Stroustrup has held distinguished posts at Texas A&M University and spent significant time in the Computer Science Departments of Cambridge, Columbia and Princeton.
C++ is the one of the world's most widely used technology languages and it has influenced newer languages such as C# and Java as well as older languages.
Find more information on Bjarne Stroustrup and this lecture: www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departmen...
Recorded on 28 April 2014 at the University of Edinburgh's George Square Lecture Theatre.

[@rahulmathew8713]

The only man who actually understanda c++ 🤣🤣🤣

[@vimalk78]

the essence starts at

[@napat9]

7:20

[@metalore]

When a James Bond villain gives a lecture on programming, I listen.

[@bartolo5]

Been reading a lot of Stroustrup C++ books and I love how crystal clear his explanations are. For every "but how would you...?" that pops up in your head he explains it right away in detail.

[@maxwellstrange4572]

Such a smart guy, I love that he's concerned with the language being approachable to casual users as well.

[@Ram-iz1zp]

so this the guy that made my CS classes so difficult. he looks exactly as how I imagined he would look

[@TopShelfization]

I cannot thank this man enough for creating the only language I can comfortably express myself. The only language that comes close (for me) is probably ECMAScript.

[@the_arung]

His talks are so dense! Packs in a wealth of information and insights that need real dedication to follow.

[@thebudkellyfiles]

A modern legend. Every time I struggle to understand C++ I think about him inventing it.

[@kennethcarvalho3684]

Simply great.. He is such a good confident teacher. This video is a must watch for all programmers.

[@dreamhollow]

I'm glad we are as connected as we are to be able to see this interview even if we are far, far away from Edinburgh.

[@eddieoconnor4466]

Love how this man can describe / explain things and make sense!

[@greatsea]

I'll just throw this out there. Recently I started learning C++ and some C after having achieved some degree of proficiency in VBA Excel and Python and here is the deal: If you are serious about learning the 'science' of programming, that is programming at the conceptual level, then choose either C or C++ as at least one of the languages you are learning. ((I'm leaving aside for a moment the obvious importance of the functional languages.)) I had always read that Python(and even Java and C#) is easier but I had no reference for this until I started learning C++. Obviously it is not going to be practical for everyone but if you want to be a true student of procedural process then go for C or C++. It flexes your brain way more than the higher level stuff.

[@cokeforever]

Bjarne is a legend! It is so nice to listen this intelligent man talk about the language that at some point back in time changed my life...

[@kingofcastlechaos]

Great video UofE. My favorite quote starts at

[@gojalsewnath6448]

I never new this genius but I understand that he is capable of reading your mail at will and monitor your i/o at the same time. And I really like the way he has programmed his haircut, hair by hair! I don`t know much about programming, but somehow it was just cool to listen to him.

[@user-zx5vo3yk6j]

I feel he is a gentelman and beside his efforts and talents his sincirity and honesty and simplicity is great.

[@saulocpp]

Thanks for sharing the lecture!

[@berajpatel8081]

Thank you .... Morgan Stanley , speaker Bjarne Stroustrup & Dave Robertson @ University of Edinburgh