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Bjarne Stroustrup
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<p>Bjarne Stroustrup is a Danish <a href="/facts/Computer_scientist/DavggjGL">computer scientist</a>, known for the development of the <a href="/facts/C%252B%252B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a> programming language. He led the Large-scale Programming Research department at <a href="/facts/Bell_Labs/fKP5Gk0H">Bell Labs</a>, served as a professor of computer science at <a href="/facts/Texas_A%2526M_University/s1zDpnxa">Texas A&M University</a>, and spent over a decade at <a href="/facts/Morgan_Stanley/7obWgtJF">Morgan Stanley</a> while also being a <a href="/facts/Visiting_professor/d8h4s4hk">visiting professor</a> at <a href="/facts/Columbia_University/Hlf1gw53">Columbia University</a>. Since 2022 he has been a <a href="/facts/Full_professor/JNqot4sU">full professor</a> at Columbia. </p>