[Beowulf] C vs C++ challenge

[Tony Travis]

Matt Valerio wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm an avid C++ programmer myself, and C++ is definitely my choice of the 2
> languages.
> 
> That being said, I think it would be interesting to see what the creator of
> both C and C++ has said about the two.  I ran across this interview with
> Bjorn Stroustrup at
> http://www.phy.duke.edu/brahma/Resources/c++_interview/c++_interview.html.
> 
> Like anything on the internet, it should be taken with a grain of salt.  Can
> anyone vouch for its validity, or is it a hoax to get us to all hate C++ and
> stick with C?

Hello, Matt.

I think most people know that Brian Kernighan and Denis Richie created 
'C', not Bjorn Stroustrup: He created C++. The IEEE 'interview' is a 
hoax, of course! but Bjorn Stroustrup doesn't think it's funny:

http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq.html#IEEE

	Tony.
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