Bjarne Stroustrup: Recognizing Beautiful Code

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Bjarne Stroustrup is the creator of C++, a programming language that after 34 years is still one of the most popular and powerful languages in the world. Its focus on fast, stable, robust code underlies many of the biggest systems in the world that we have come to rely on as a society. If you're watching this on YouTube, many of the critical back-end component of YouTube are written in C++. Same goes for Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, most Microsoft applications, Adobe applications, most database systems, and most physical systems that operate in the real-world like cars, robots, rockets that launch us into space and one day will land us on Mars.

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[andersbodin]

The only clean code out there is an empty main method

[jflow]

In my experience, the most elegant code is obvious for the human to understand. I have seen terrible code that is poorly documented and overly complicated. The complexity of this code could burden an organization for years.

[daya]

I like Bob martin’s version of this answer, “You know you’re looking at clean code, when you feel that the code was written by someone who cares”.

[Wulfcry]

4:30 “It’s easier to recognize ugly code then beautiful code, cause beautiful code is innovative “ True that. To me doom engine and mostly quake code 🤤are an example of that. Not to forget the demo scene of yesteryears simple eloquently constructed.

[BookWormsOriginal]

By far the most romantic discussion about "BEAUTIFUL" code! "You know it when you see it"- couldn't have said it any better!

[aperezNWO]

I wish reach the age of 70 with such energy and professional respect.

[dimitriosdesmos]

not inspiration not gift....its love for what you do. Only do something you love and only that...then you will get your inspiration and gift. !

[bagzhansadvakassov]

The complexity of code goes up with number of lines, I believe someone already made this observation, but I think it goes something like 2^n, n number of lines.

[harikyt]

The youtube ad i got before this video said one of the people in this video talks against israel now that israel and palastine are at war and it said to stand with israel

[MrAnandml]

After watching video in normal speed you can see it in 1.25x to see a more happier and dynamic version of Bajourne Strastroupe...

[grail]

Given enough time any code maintained by different people over many years becomes messy.

[frozentomatoman]

The fact that the interviewer is not excited, pisses me off

[ilyasaroui]

Dont discuss code beauty with the. C++ creator

[thomasanderson]

The maker of the most abominable language talking about code beauty.
Take a hike Bjarne.