The link from where you took the quote lists another by Ken Thompson which hints at the history between Stroustrup and him. People are people when it comes to

The link from where you took the quote lists another by Ken Thompson which hints at the history between Stroustrup and him. People are people when it comes to biases, ego and personal relations whatever other characteristics they might be eminent in; so no need to deify anybody. History is full of great people who were mean/petty/egoistic towards perceived "competitors", eg; Newton and Leibniz, Edison and Tesla, James Watson and Racism etc. etc. >Recent sibling comment has added to the overwhelming tone of HN comments on TFA - that C++ is a poor language Your original posting of the quote added nothing to the OP article which is a quite nice introduction to Modern C++ features but hijacked the entire thread and set the negative tone for everything else with the result that instead of being a constructive thread on how best to introduce Modern C++ we are engaged in pointless arguments on the features of a language which has already been highly successful in the "Industry".