Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPWhen done well, software is invisible.
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When done well, software is invisible.
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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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[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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Too 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.
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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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The connection between the language in which we think/program and the problems and solutions we can imagine is very close.
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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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Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
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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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Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.
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Proof by analogy is fraud.
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I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining
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Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.
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Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
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