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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

Bjarne Stroustrup

Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.
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Problem Views Way
Some software is actually pretty good, by any standard. Think of the Mars Rovers, Google, and the Human Genome Project. Now, that’s quality software!
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Google Quality Thinking
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
However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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Java Language Serious
There is no one “root of all evil” in software development. Design is hard in many ways.
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Creativity Engineering Simple
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.
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Effort Java May
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
An organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.
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Able Organization Treat
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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Cad Support Tools
Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.
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Bored Errors Programmers
The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
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Book Provoking Reading Though
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
Creativity, engineering principles, and evolutionary change are needed to create a satisfactory large system.
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Creativity Engineering Evolutionary Satisfactory
When done well, software is invisible.
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Done Invisible Software
I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.
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Library Standard Tools
I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining
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Language Programming Support

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