Right now working In: Texas A&M University and also retains a link to AT&T
Was born: Aarhus Denmark 1950
Written Books:
The C++ Programming Language
The Design and Evolution of C++
The Annotated C++ Reference Manual
Little Story:
Bjarne Stroustrup is the creator of C++, one of the most widely used languages that allows object-oriented programming. He also authored The C++ Programming Language and The Design and Evolution of C++. Stroustrup is currently the head of AT&T Labs's large-scale programming research department in New Jersey. His research interests include distributed systems, operating systems, simulation, design, and programming..
Awards and Honers:
ACM/Fellows Award
Website: http://www.research.att.com/~bs/homepage.html
Right now working In: Bell Labs
Was born: Sept. 9, 1941 in Bronxville, N.Y
Written Books(as co-author):
UNIX Programmer's Manual
The C Programming Language
Little Story:
While at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Dennis Ritchie, along with Ken Thompson, developed the UNIX computer operating system for minicomputers. He later developed the programming language called C, which has become a virtual standard in the microcomputer/workstation marketplace.
Awards and Honers:
DATAMATION Hall of Fame
ACM/A.M. Turing Award
Website: http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/who/dmr/
Right now working In: Bell Labs
Was born: New Orleans in 1943
Written Books(as co-author):
UNIX Programmer's Manual
Little Story:
Ken Thompson, along with Dennis Ritchie, developed the UNIX computer operating system for minicomputers. Later, Thompson took the C programming language developed by Ritchie and converted UNIX to C, making it the first truly portable operating system.
Awards and Honors:
Kanai Award for Impact of UNIX* System
ACM/A.M. Turing Award
Website: http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/
