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Most of the programmers in ten years will be us, and we won’t get much smarter.

Bjarne Stroustrup

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off.
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Funny Humorous Witty
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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Connections Errors Thinking
Most of the programmers in ten years will be us, and we won’t get much smarter.
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Mathematics Science Years
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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Fall Inspiration Real
Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
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Good Objects Program Very
[Corporate programming] is often done to the point where the individual is completely submerged in corporate “culture” with no outlet for unique talents and skills.
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Outlet Practice Skills Unique
Java isn’t platform independent; it is a platform
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Independent Java Platforms
Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields
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Civilization Degree Fields
Always think about how a piece of code should be used: good interfaces are the essence of good code.
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Clever Dirty Thinking
C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
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Garbage Language Littles
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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Carefully Feaaturism Ideas Inconsistences Promoted
To many managers, getting rid of the arrogant, undisciplined, over-paid, technology-obsessed, improperly-dressed etc. programmers would appear to be a significant added benefit
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Arrogant Benefits Technology
“Legacy code” often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling.
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Alternatives Code Legacy
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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Details Find Head Need
The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
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Book Provoking Reading Though
Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.
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Language Perfect Salesman

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