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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPThere is no one “root of all evil” in software development. Design is hard in many ways.
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You can hide all kinds of clever and dirty code behind a good interface if you really need such code.
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People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language.
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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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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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When done well, software is invisible.
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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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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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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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Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields
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There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful – many more.
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[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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I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining
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Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
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Most of the programmers in ten years will be us, and we won’t get much smarter.
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Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.
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