This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.

His thesis advisor in Cambridge was David Wheeler. Career
Stroustrup began developing C++ in 1978 (then called "C with Classes") and in his own words "invented C++ wrote its early definitions and produced its first implementation. Ellis & Bjarne Stroustrup – Addison-Wesley Pub Co; (1 January 1990); ISBN 0-201-51459-1.

Bjarne Stroustrup (Danish pronunciation: [ˈbjɑːnə ˈsdʁʌʊ̯ˀsdʁɔb]); born 30 December 1950 in Aarhus Denmark) is a Danish computer scientist most notable for the creation and the development of the widely-used C++ programming language. He is currently Professor and holder of the College of Engineering Chair in Computer Science at Texas A&M University.