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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPWith the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings to those be clean, well documented, and simple to use.
More Bjarne Stroustrup Quotes
-
-
However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP -
[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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP -
Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP -
There is no one “root of all evil” in software development. Design is hard in many ways.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP -
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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP -
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!
BJARNE STROUSTRUP -
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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP -
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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP -
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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP -
Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP -
The connection between the language in which we think/program and the problems and solutions we can imagine is very close.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP -
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 -
Always think about how a piece of code should be used: good interfaces are the essence of good code.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP -
Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP -
Creativity, engineering principles, and evolutionary change are needed to create a satisfactory large system.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP







