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While I know it's a joke it's still funny on so many levels because it could be true: an interview with Stroustrup claiming that he invented C++ to be purposely
by mikece 5y ago
While I know it's a joke it's still funny on so many levels because it could be true: an interview with Stroustrup claiming that he invented C++ to be purposely hard to preserve the mystique that programming was hard and keep programming salaries up:
https://webhome.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Beowulf/c++_interview/c++_interview.html https://webhome.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Beowulf/c++_interview/c++_...
- pjmlp 5y agoThe real reason why Bjarne invented C++ was not having to deal with BCPL or C. After his experience getting his thesis ready in Simula, only to rewrite it in BCPL, he swore himself not to put himself ever again through similar pain. So after working for a while at AT&T, C with Classes was his way to avoid dealing with raw C, while having some of that Simula productivity.