CS 334: Bjarne Stroustrup Reading

Please read the following short article before the lecture on C++. I have provided a few questions to guide your reading.

Reading

Bjarne Stroustrop, excerpts from The Design and Evolution of C++.

Thought Questions

A few questions to guide your reading:

  • Contrast the design goals to those of Smalltalk.

    • What is different?
    • What is the same?
    • What is the intended use of C++, and how does that influence the design?