Bjarne Stroustrup

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Bjarne Stroustrup

Born: 1950
Birthplace: Aarhus, Denmark

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Computer Programmer

Nationality: Denmark
Executive summary: Inventor of C++ programming language

Inventor, C++.

Wife: Marian (2 children)
Daughter: Annemarie

University: MA Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark
University: PhD Computer Science, Cambridge University (1979)
Professor: Texas A&M University

AT&T
Association for Computing Machinery Fellow
National Academy of Engineering
Danish Ancestry

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