Oral History of Bjarne Stroustrup

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  • @lorenzoferrante9595
    @lorenzoferrante9595 8 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    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
      @huynh4128 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Not all heroes wear capes.

    • @Submersed24
      @Submersed24 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sam Huynh Ill bet you he has a cape

    • @vertigo6982
      @vertigo6982 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @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
    @theprovidencesalumu 9 ปีที่แล้ว +72

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

    • @aiisnice1453
      @aiisnice1453 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @aben7810
      @aben7810 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
    @rooneye 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @bambinoesu
      @bambinoesu ปีที่แล้ว

      Honestly, literally transformed the digital world

  • @viggosimonsen
    @viggosimonsen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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
      @nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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
      @Thelavendel 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @NicksonKaigi
    @NicksonKaigi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @nicholasfazzolari3647
    @nicholasfazzolari3647 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Amazing insight. Thanks for publishing!

  • @gregaldr
    @gregaldr 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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.

  • @domaincontroller
    @domaincontroller 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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

  • @dogintwater6454
    @dogintwater6454 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Bjarne is the man!

  • @AK-hf3pf
    @AK-hf3pf ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @treyquattro
    @treyquattro 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    a great human and computer scientist. Excellent interview.

  • @rooneye
    @rooneye 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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
    @danielkrajnik3817 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @Jaegerminor
    @Jaegerminor ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @ko.pi.pe.
    @ko.pi.pe. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @skylake9779
    @skylake9779 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a humble man. True legend

  • @vertigo6982
    @vertigo6982 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @FlashManinSpace
    @FlashManinSpace 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bjarne Stroustrup is the man of the future.

  • @17plus9
    @17plus9 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The title is slightly misleading.

  • @davidcho4399
    @davidcho4399 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @kamalabuhenamostafa
    @kamalabuhenamostafa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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
      @ZeroCool2211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      حضرتك تعرف مدحت ابو العطا اللي نايم تحت الغطا

  • @nothke
    @nothke 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @dosomething3
    @dosomething3 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent interview.

  • @rooneye
    @rooneye 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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?!" 😂

  • @cognosc
    @cognosc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @boqsc0
    @boqsc0 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Opinion on Cambridge University: 16:35

  • @KirillKhalitov
    @KirillKhalitov 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:33:00 What about Rust?

  • @Courserasrikanthdrk
    @Courserasrikanthdrk 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice and great talk to listen

  • @evalsoftserver
    @evalsoftserver 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @GianniBarberi
    @GianniBarberi 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @jrippee05
    @jrippee05 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is guy is the salt of the earth.

  • @pagola
    @pagola 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    so smart yet so humble

  • @rooneye
    @rooneye 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @MikeMonji
    @MikeMonji 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @davidcho4399
    @davidcho4399 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:51:19 this is so important for students

  • @gugenet
    @gugenet 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah, who needs audio quality?

  • @IceThatJaw
    @IceThatJaw 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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

  • @MathematicianDr
    @MathematicianDr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Baylon Greyjoy seems to have changed his accent.

  • @edwardmike5916
    @edwardmike5916 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    great man ...

  • @DanielFBest
    @DanielFBest 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mister Stroustup is one of the finest peeble on the internet

  • @hollywoodsprite4621
    @hollywoodsprite4621 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    actually my only idol

  • @climbeverest
    @climbeverest ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @bigfootisjustreallyshy
    @bigfootisjustreallyshy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Is it a requirement for geniuses to have ridiculous hair?

    • @biskitpagla
      @biskitpagla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ikr lmao

    • @jacejunk
      @jacejunk ปีที่แล้ว

      It's possible that hair loss may be related to hard work: th-cam.com/users/clipUgkx1ruV8Inh50TRcXN4RdwZT6Y8ru38blnx

    • @pyepye-io4vu
      @pyepye-io4vu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And beard too.

  • @slayerofapples1146
    @slayerofapples1146 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @badis23
    @badis23 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @benoitb.3679
    @benoitb.3679 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @SherifElKassas
    @SherifElKassas 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you..

  • @kiva8986
    @kiva8986 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I swear he's saying 'meth'

  • @ChessMasterNate
    @ChessMasterNate 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @HerrLavett
    @HerrLavett 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    how to not like this guy!

  • @stevefriedl3983
    @stevefriedl3983 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @valentinavalentine8188
    @valentinavalentine8188 ปีที่แล้ว

    🩷🩷🩷🩷

  • @yankobzykant5579
    @yankobzykant5579 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    oral lol.....

    • @tohopes
      @tohopes 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yes, one lols with one's oral

  • @zadeh79
    @zadeh79 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the Bozo cut.

  • @bornatona3954
    @bornatona3954 9 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @NSResponder
    @NSResponder 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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
      @sardinhunt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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
      @vijaysrinivasan3369 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @hukes
    @hukes 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @kellenkopp6472
      @kellenkopp6472 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +hukes why?

    • @hukes
      @hukes 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kellen Kopp Not elegant.

    • @guzman-do
      @guzman-do 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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
      @hukes 8 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @odiesback
      @odiesback 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @PauloConstantino167
    @PauloConstantino167 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    he would look much better without that clownish hair.

  • @johansterk8968
    @johansterk8968 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bjarne needs a better hairdresser.

  • @GianniBarberi
    @GianniBarberi 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @vertigo6982
      @vertigo6982 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      please consider not posting double questions, thanks.

    • @GianniBarberi
      @GianniBarberi 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ???