Oral History of Bjarne Stroustrup

[@lorenzoferrante9595]

00:00 Intro 01:00 Childhood 04:15 Intro to Computer Science 10:05 Programming back in the days and its quirks 12:23 Micro-Programming to pay the bills 15:40 Grad school 25:23 Distributed Systems Thesis in a nutshell 29:44 A tool for a purpose 31:23 After Grad School 33:00 Bell Labs 35:30 C++ 1:05:31 Standarization 1:16:00 STL 1:30:45 A Simpler C++ 1:33:50 After Bell Labs 1:40:35 Academic World quirks and Standard Committee´s Bureaucracy 1:43:40 Banking 1:47:40 A word of advice Thanks for the interview

[@huynh4128]

Not all heroes wear capes.

[@Submersed24]

Sam Huynh Ill bet you he has a cape

[@vertigo6982]

@ComputerHistory you should add this man's comment to the bio... It's the least you can do for him taking the time to chart out the Content of this somewhat long video documentary. Thank you Lorenzo, and thank you ComputerHistory and the man doing the interview for posting this video and for interviewing such a legend and great contributor to the Computer Science field.

[@theprovidencesalumu]

He's such a smart mind, but also so humble and respectful of other's work. Amazing!

[@aiisnice1453]

He is very good in meth, can u teach me how 2 sniff meth >? brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr C OBJECTS GO BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRr

[@aben7810]

once upon a time, it was just like that. Contrary to today's social tendency, they worked for it. We take everything for granted. Note at first, when he talk about the worst school, he didn't point people or anything, he simply stated what he found from statistics. And when he says at 6:00 with a little bit of luck and itches his head, of course it wasn't "just" luck (at least), but hardship and discipline

[@rooneye]

I don't think this guy get's anywhere near the recognition he deserves.

[@bambinoesu]

Honestly, literally transformed the digital world

[@viggosimonsen]

I am not natively from Aarhus, but from Copenhagen - but have lived here in Aarhus for more than 22 years - and I can say that Bjarne is so quintessential Aarhusian - very underplayed, but certainly aware of his worth. Brilliant interview

[@nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384]

its funny denmark created ppl like him and dhh and yet they have to move to the us to be values. goes to show how much the usa attracts the top talent in the world

[@Thelavendel]

@@nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384 Yes the US does attract talented people. What I find weird is the amount of complete fuckups living over there.

[@nicholasfazzolari3647]

Amazing insight. Thanks for publishing!

[@NicksonKaigi]

29:25 "... the resulting BCPL, once I had debugged it..... and lost half of my hair" Brilliant!

[@dogintwater6454]

Bjarne is the man!

[@gregaldr]

C++ was the first language I learned when I was 17. I didn't know it was supposed to be hard. I just knew it seemed to be the latest thing in programming. I ended up a C++ consulting developer writing many large systems. Looking back, I see it as a language that takes time to become fully competent with but over unmatched flexibility and ability to adapt to any problem space. I still love and respect it today. It seems timeless to me. Such power available but able to be hidden away when desirable. I don't think I would have the career I have first had it not been invented.

[@treyquattro]

a great human and computer scientist. Excellent interview.

[@skylake9779]

What a humble man. True legend

[@rooneye]

One of the best quotes I've ever heard "Whats the difference between a Masters and a PHD?" "If I have to tell you what to do it's a Masters." Brilliant lol

[@danielkrajnik3817]

Slowly starting to wrap my head around the scope of early contributions Europe had to computer science!

[@Jaegerminor]

This was great. I would love an oral history from Stepanov to go along with it.

[@FlashManinSpace]

Bjarne Stroustrup is the man of the future.

[@dosomething3]

Excellent interview.

[@kamalabuhenamostafa]

Humans are not pure, So am I, but you [Bjarne Stroustrup], I mean, the way you describe yourself is so nice so sweet. I am the most unlucky person who have a mouth full of salt.

[@ZeroCool2211]

حضرتك تعرف مدحت ابو العطا اللي نايم تحت الغطا

[@nothke]

Putting a 512th like on a programming related video feels good

[@17plus9]

The title is slightly misleading.

[@AK-hf3pf]

when he discussed Algebra at 7:00 , I think he means abstract algebra?

[@cognosc]

Sound quality is the easiest thing to get right and the most neglected aspect of most interviews I reckon.

[@domaincontroller]

06:40 algebra 07:03 textbooks, how to write a compiler 07:44 algorithm, microprogramming, machine architecture, virtual machine, BCPL 09:05 I did know twenty languages, snowball, algol 17:00 Cambridge

[@ryleitdept]

*snobol

[@ko.pi.pe.]

For the curious, the Danish word for "computer science" is "datalogi", literally "datalogy", so you can understand his confusion at 04:40.

[@rooneye]

lol Great quote: "What's the difference between a Masters and a PHD?" "If I have to tell you what to do it's a Masters." Brilliant. I could NEVER do a PHD. I'd be stuck right at the beginning thinking "WTF am I supposed to do?!" 😂

[@pagola]

so smart yet so humble

[@evalsoftserver]

We could have had Linux-like OS if AT&T had en sourced it around 85 when Bjarne talks about UNIX CLUSTERS

[@vertigo6982]

1:01:28 Can some recommend me a book or video on YT about the different Interfaces that need to be specified in C++? That sounded like it was a real pain in the rear for him, and sounds like something I'd like to boggle my mind with.

[@Courserasrikanthdrk]

nice and great talk to listen

[@jrippee05]

This is guy is the salt of the earth.

[@davidcho4399]

1:51:19 this is so important for students

[@davidcho4399]

1:40:37 This is Byarne's the problem with academia. It's weird to have learned C++ with GCC and hating it and today realizing that Byarne had the same issue.

[@edwardmike5916]

great man ...

[@MikeMonji]

Love these videos, but I have to say, they look more like depositions...

[@GianniBarberi]

please consider dubbing the questions, they're very difficult to understand, thanks

[@gugenet]

Yeah, who needs audio quality?

[@MathematicianDr]

Baylon Greyjoy seems to have changed his accent.

[@hollywoodsprite4621]

actually my only idol

[@boqsc0]

Opinion on Cambridge University: 16:35

[@DanielFBest]

Mister Stroustup is one of the finest peeble on the internet

[@KirillKhalitov]

1:33:00 What about Rust?

[@IceThatJaw]

Lololoo, 9:00. This sounds and looks like a horror movie. I get that the interviewers are on Skype or something similar but it just felt weird there. lol

[@SherifElKassas]

Thank you..

[@badis23]

i hate that old shit c but i enjoy compiling with c++

[@climbeverest]

Actually computer history museum should have simulators for every hardware that they have on exhibit, so visitors could log in and ask for pdp11 and should be able to see source code of assembler, and execute assembler code, and any other software that was unique to that hardware, do this for most systems software that ran on the hardware, and charge for this, and make it available online

[@rooneye]

27:04 What the fuck is that sound?! 🤣🤣What's his name?

[@kiva8986]

I swear he's saying 'meth'

[@slayerofapples1146]

If Bjarne shaved his head and didn't have a dimple, he would look like Bruce Willis.

[@bigfootisjustreallyshy]

Is it a requirement for geniuses to have ridiculous hair?

[@biskitpagla]

ikr lmao

[@jacejunk]

It's possible that hair loss may be related to hard work: kzbin.infoUgkx1ruV8Inh50TRcXN4RdwZT6Y8ru38blnx

[@pyepye-io4vu]

And beard too.

[@ChessMasterNate]

Regarding the last bit, I watch everything at double speed.

[@benoitb.3679]

1:41:20 haha "Bjarne Stroustrup, you do not understand C++". Total bogus does not begin to cover it, though I had to laugh.

[@stevefriedl3983]

The tin-can phone of the interviewer makes this unwatchable for me; how can CHM do this to Dr. Stroustrup?

[@HerrLavett]

how to not like this guy!

[@valentinavalentine8188]

🩷🩷🩷🩷

[@zadeh79]

Love the Bozo cut.

[@yankobzykant5579]

oral lol.....

[@tohopes]

yes, one lols with one's oral

[@hukes]

Bjarne, if you ever read this, I hate C++.

[@kellenkopp6472]

+hukes why?

[@hukes]

Kellen Kopp Not elegant.

[@guzman-do]

Calculus is beautiful and elegant yet millions of people hate calculus. I guess if Newton was alive many people would say this to him: "Newton, if you ever read this, I hate Calculus."

[@hukes]

WindSolarHydroHuman That is my point. C++ is not elegant.

[@odiesback]

I beg to differ. I find it very elegant! It is so big that what you see depends on the perspective you're taking.

[@bornatona3954]

how it is possibe made such bad project with no auio editing about so important man

[@PauloConstantino167]

he would look much better without that clownish hair.

[@johansterk8968]

Bjarne needs a better hairdresser.

[@NSResponder]

C++ was not designed, it was accreted. The result is a rat's nest of horrendous complexity that wastes billions of man-hours a year and drives talented developers out of the industry. Stroustrup has done at least as much damage to our profession as Bill Gates. -jcr

[@sardinhunt]

I wonder why mathematics makes people so salty. Make a better option if you can so easily, people will use it if you are useful, wait, don't tell me the problem is also everyone else? Sorry I didn't know you were yet another internet God. I guess some people just like to be in the mainstream. Nothing wrong with it, like c++.

[@vijaysrinivasan3369]

@@sardinhunt Absolutely !!!. I have written tons of C++ code, the most expressive low lang in the world.

[@GianniBarberi]

please consider dubbing the questions, they're very difficult to understand, thanks

[@vertigo6982]

please consider not posting double questions, thanks.

[@GianniBarberi]

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