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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!

Bjarne Stroustrup

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
Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
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Design Forget Lost
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
Defining OO as based on the use of class hierarchies and virtual functions is also practical in that it provides some guidance as to where OO is likely to be successful.
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Class Function Hirerachies Successful Use
[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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Outlet Practice Skills Unique
If you think it’s simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
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Misunderstood Simple Thinking
Proof by analogy is fraud.
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Analogies Fraud Proof
Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields
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Civilization Degree Fields
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
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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Google Quality Thinking
However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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Java Language Serious
Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
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Analyzing Looks Tools
When done well, software is invisible.
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Done Invisible Software
There is no one “root of all evil” in software development. Design is hard in many ways.
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Creativity Engineering Simple
There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful – many more.
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Awful Beautiful Developed System
I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining
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Language Programming Support

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