Bruce Eckel (born (1957-07-08) July 8, 1957 (age 67)) is a computer programmer, author, and consultant.
[citation needed] Eckel's best known works are Thinking in Java and the two-volume series Thinking in C++, aimed at programmers wanting to learn the Java or C++ programming languages, respectively, particularly those with little experience of object-oriented programming.
[citation needed] Eckel was a founding member of the ANSI/ISO C++ standard committee.
All the hoops that the C++ programmer had to jump through in order to use a C-compatible language make no sense anymore — they're just a waste of time and effort.
Now, Go makes much more sense for the class of problems that C++ was originally intended to solve."