Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPDefining 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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When done well, software is invisible.
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Java isn’t platform independent; it is a platform
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I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.
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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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If you think it’s simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
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With the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings to those be clean, well documented, and simple to use.
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Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields
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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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Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
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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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“Legacy code” often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling.
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I assume that a sufficiently skilled will be able to do anything not explicitly forbidden by the hardware.
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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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Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.
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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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