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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPDefining OO as based on the use of class hierarchies and virtual functions is also practical in that it provides some guidance as to where OO is likely to be successful.
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Proof by analogy is fraud.
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Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.
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The connection between the language in which we think/program and the problems and solutions we can imagine is very close.
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Defining OO as based on the use of class hierarchies and virtual functions is also practical in that it provides some guidance as to where OO is likely to be successful.
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I do keep the main points straight in my head most of the time, and I do know where to find the details when I need them.
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Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.
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Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
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I like doing research that has an impact. If I went to a company to make what they call ‘real money,’ I’d be just trying to make a system work as fast as possible to meet the product and serice deadlines.
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My impression was and is that many programming languages and tools represent solutions looking for problems, and I was determined that my work should not fall into that category.
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Other programming languages constitute a mountain of ideas and inspiration-but it has to be mined carefully to avoid featurism and inconsistencies.
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“Legacy code” often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling.
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With the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings to those be clean, well documented, and simple to use.
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I assume that a sufficiently skilled will be able to do anything not explicitly forbidden by the hardware.
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First, I’d like to see the basic tools such as compilers, debuggers, profilers, database interfaces, GUI builders, CAD tools, and so forth fully support the ISO standard.
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Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields
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