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I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining

Bjarne Stroustrup

I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining
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Language Programming Support
[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
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
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
Proof by analogy is fraud.
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Analogies Fraud Proof
The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
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Book Provoking Reading Though
There is no one “root of all evil” in software development. Design is hard in many ways.
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Creativity Engineering Simple
I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.
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Library Standard Tools
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
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 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
If you think it’s simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
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Misunderstood Simple Thinking
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
Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
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Analyzing Looks Tools
Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
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Design Forget Lost
“Legacy code” often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling.
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Alternatives Code Legacy

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