Dr. Stroustrup, inventor of C++, talks to app2us

August 18, 2008 by app2usadvisor
Filed under Interviews

Full text of the interview is available at www.app2us.com

It was a wonderful experience talking to Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup over the weekend. With this exclusive interview we have started a series of interviews aimed at inspiring our readers. In the future we will be interviewing Professors, successful professionals, university administrators and even current and recent students to bring you insights into the academic and professional like in the USA.

In reply to a question, Dr. Stroustrup said that the most interesting application of C++ is in the Mars rovers. “Those are most interesting “gadgets”. The Mars Rover project is one of the most impressive engineering feats to date and I’m proud that C++ is a prominent part of the systems involved; not just on the Rovers themselves, but also in the communications systems, testing, and image processing, and more.”

Dr. Stroustrup recently completed writing a new book, Programming: Principles and Practice using C++” which will be available in October 2008, but can be currently pre-ordered on amazon.com