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Bjarne Stroustrup: C++ Implementations - Clang, GCC, Microsoft, and EDG

Lex Fridman

Bjarne Stroustrup explains that the existence of multiple C++ implementations, including GCC, Clang, Microsoft Visual C++, and EDG (Eclipse Development Group), was not a deliberate design choice but rather an inevitable reflection of the computing landscape when he created the language. In his early …