That is a very uncharitable interpretation of what Stroustrup said. It seems you had an opinion and retrofitted the interpretation of what he wrote to fit your opinion of him.

> Stroustrup: I probably look less at languages than you’d think. I look at what I think is interesting, I try them out but what I really do is to look at what problems do my colleagues and students have and how do I solve them.

> You: He ignores prior research, and keeps piling disjointed ideas on top of each other in the hopes that some will stick.