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Bjarne Stroustrup on the 30th anniversary of Cfront (the first C++ compiler) -- A. Regat-Barrel

By Blog Staff | Oct 14, 2015 10:31 AM | Tags: None

cpp30.PNGHow time flies -- 30 years ago today, the Cfront 1.0 compiler and the first edition of The C++ Programming Language were officially released. In celebration of the event, here's a new interview with Bjarne Stroustrup.

Bjarne Stroustrup on the 30th anniversary of Cfront (the first C++ compiler)

by Aurélien Regat-Barrel

Candidate for favorite quote: "I did learn a fair bit about C++ by trying to explain it to people." Experienced instructors will all tell you the same thing -- you really grok something after you've taught it to others. Thanks for 30+ years of teaching, Dr. Stroustrup!

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Andrey Karpov said on Nov 5, 2015 01:21 AM:

Celebrating 30-th anniversary of the first C++ compiler: let's find bugs in it: http://www.viva64.com/en/b/0355/