Bjarne Stroustrup

Bjarne Stroustrup was born in Aarhus, Denmark on December 30, 1950. He began developing the programming language C++ in the late 1970s. This development brought more proficient programming and better utilization of the operating system. Additionally, in 1985 he created a C++ textbook to help people better understand this language. Beginning in 2002, Stroustrup became a Professor and Chair at Texas A&M in the engineering department.