Java isn’t platform independent; it is a platform
BJARNE STROUSTRUPYou can hide all kinds of clever and dirty code behind a good interface if you really need such code.
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When done well, software is invisible.
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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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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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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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It is easy to study the rules of overloading and of templates without noticing that together they are one of the keys to elegant and efficient type-safe containers.
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Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
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If you think it’s simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
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Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.
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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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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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Creativity, engineering principles, and evolutionary change are needed to create a satisfactory large system.
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Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.
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Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.
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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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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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There is no one “root of all evil” in software development. Design is hard in many ways.
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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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However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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C++ is designed to allow you to express ideas, but if you don’t have ideas or don’t have any clue about how to express them, C++ doesn’t offer much help.
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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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Proof by analogy is fraud.
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There’s an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone.
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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
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Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
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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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Corporate practices can be directly hostile to individuals with exceptional skills and initiative in technical matters. I consider such management of technical people cruel and wasteful.
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