He is a private individual as not a celebrity with publicly available records or someone with important holdings in public companies. The book is an introduction to programming in general, including objectoriented programming and generic programming. So its quite difficult to even estimate his net worth. Even though bjarne stroustrup presents philosophy behind object oriented programming i have seen better explanations of oop.
It contains two appendices more than the initial printings of the 3rd edition and many minor improvements. It was almost exactly like qbasic, but was able to do more powerful graphics. He is a visiting professor at columbia university, and works at morgan stanley as a managing director in new york. This book is aimed at beginners taking a programming course and people. Stroustrups book has several chapters on classes and the reference manual. Stroustrup has been interviewed many times and most ask the same questions. Stack overflow for teams is a private, secure spot for you and your coworkers to find and share information.
But keep in mind that hes 67 years old now and might be retiring or just working less. Gives example implementations of key userdefined types, such as graphical. Here is a quick description and cover image of book programming. Extended table of contents in the book, the table of contents lists only the chapters, and each chapter stars with a mini table of contents. Programming bjarne stroustrup haftad 9780321992789 bokus. An interview with bjarne stroustrup by michael miller dr. On his personal site bjarne stroustrups homepage you can see a lot of information about what hes doing and what he has done. It was almost exactly like qbasic, but was able to do more powerful graphics and sound in. Is bjarne stroustrup working on the fifth edition of the. It takes you through the fundamentals of the brew api, including graphics, sound, and input, and brings it all together. Stroustrup has pioneered the use of objectoriented and generic programming techniques in application areas where efficiency is a premium. Id previously been a fan of scott meyers books, but found the latest one to be a. Stroustrup has published more than a hundred academic and more popular papers.
Stroustrup is a managing director at morgan stanley in new york city, as well as a visiting professor at columbia university and a research. He is a visiting professor at columbia university, and works at morgan stanley as a managing director in. Students heading toward domains where midsize to large applications are being developed networking, finance, graphics, and games will find this book an. As such i felt it was more important to focus on him as a person and not so much on his achievements.
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