Relevant interview - whether real or fake - with Bjarne Stroustrup. http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Beowulf/c++_interview/c++_interview.html http://www.phy.duke.e

Relevant interview - whether real or fake - with Bjarne Stroustrup. http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Beowulf/c++_interview/c++_interview.html http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Beowulf/c++_interview/c++_inter... "Stroustrup: Hmm. I've always wondered about that. Originally, I thought I had. Then, one day I was discussing this with a guy who'd written C++ from the beginning. He said he could never remember whether his variables were referenced or dereferenced, so he always used pointers. He said the little asterisk always reminded him."