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.
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.
More Bjarne Stroustrup Quotes
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C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off.
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This evolution may compromise Java’s claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.
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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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There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful – many more.
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Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
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There is no one “root of all evil” in software development. Design is hard in many ways.
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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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However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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For this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous.
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An organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.
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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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The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.
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Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.
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Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
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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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