Jan Wildeboer 😷Jan 19, 2020
Had to verify. And yes. Kernighan and Ritchie really did this. TIL :)
Show threadJan Wildeboer 😷Jan 19, 2020
And no, Stroustroup did NOT do this in the C++ book and also no, Knuth didn’t do this in AOCP :)
Show threadSaustrup
@jwildeboer Stoustrup is perhaps tad less whimsical, although he had few funny remarks when I saw him at a conference in Berlin last year. "This is my boasting slide" he said, and pulled out a slide with a list of major technologies based on C++.
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Show threadAmin Negm-Awad🇪🇺🌍Nov 23, 2022
@saustrup "based on" or "written in"?
Show threadSaustrupNov 23, 2022
@RA_Negm "written in" probably. It/they wouldn't be there without C++.
Show threadAmin Negm-Awad🇪🇺🌍Nov 24, 2022
@saustrup That's a bold claim.
Show threadJeroen Wiert PluimersJan 13, 2024
@RA_Negm Similar claims can be made for the work of Niklaus Wirth and his teams. Sadly he passed away on January 1st. Let's try to learn as much of the few giants that are left as possible while they are still there.
Show threadAmin Negm-Awad🇪🇺🌍Jan 13, 2024
@wiert To mention both Stoustrup and Wirth in one sentence is an insult – of Wirth.
Show threadSpeakerToManagersNov 25, 2022
@saustrup @jwildeboer
In my years on the ANSI C++ standards committee I think Stroustrup told 1 or 2 jokes. He always seemed a very serious and determined person.