C++ Creator Bjarne Stroustrup Joins an HFT Firm

Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of the C++ programming language, has moved to a firm that specializes in high-frequency trading (HFT). This was reported by the publication eFinancialCareers.

The choice of industry looks logical: high-frequency trading is precisely where C++ remains the de facto standard. The fight here is over microseconds, and sometimes even nanoseconds, so developers prize the language for its predictable performance and the control it gives over what happens “under the hood” — without the overhead that higher-level runtimes bring.

Stroustrup himself created C++ back in the early 1980s at Bell Labs and, for decades, remained one of the key figures in its development, taking part in work on the language standards. His move to a trading company is a remarkable turn in the career of a man whose name is firmly associated with the academic and standardization world.

Unfortunately, the full text of the original source was unavailable at the time this note was prepared, so the details of Stroustrup's new role — his specific responsibilities and the name of his employer — remain beyond the scope of this article.

Source: Lobsters