Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPToo many managers and executives try to reduce programming to a low-level assembly-line activity. That’s inefficient, wasteful, costly in the long run, and inhumane to programmers.
More Bjarne Stroustrup Quotes
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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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Always think about how a piece of code should be used: good interfaces are the essence of good code.
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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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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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The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.
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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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Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
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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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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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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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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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Proof by analogy is fraud.
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Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.
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Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
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However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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