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The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.

Bjarne Stroustrup

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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Stories Technology Wish
C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
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Garbage Language Littles
Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.
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Bored Errors Programmers
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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Carefully Feaaturism Ideas Inconsistences Promoted
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
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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Believe Discussing People Simple
There is no one “root of all evil” in software development. Design is hard in many ways.
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Creativity Engineering Simple
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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Arrogant Benefits Technology
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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Company Impact Possible Real Trying
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
The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.
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Important Learning Simplicity
However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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Java Language Serious
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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Funny Humorous Witty
You can hide all kinds of clever and dirty code behind a good interface if you really need such code.
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Code Good Interface Need Really
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
Proof by analogy is fraud.
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Analogies Fraud Proof

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