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Other programming languages constitute a mountain of ideas and inspiration-but it has to be mined carefully to avoid featurism and inconsistencies.

Bjarne Stroustrup

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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Details Find Head Need
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
There is no one “root of all evil” in software development. Design is hard in many ways.
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Creativity Engineering Simple
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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Connections Errors Thinking
Proof by analogy is fraud.
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Analogies Fraud Proof
Always think about how a piece of code should be used: good interfaces are the essence of good code.
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Clever Dirty Thinking
My impression was and is that many programming languages and tools represent solutions looking for problems, and I was determined that my work should not fall into that category.
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Fall Inspiration Real
If you think it’s simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
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Misunderstood Simple Thinking
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
The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
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Book Provoking Reading Though
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
When done well, software is invisible.
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Done Invisible Software
However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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Java Language Serious
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
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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Initiative Matters People Practice Wasteful
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

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