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I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.

Bjarne Stroustrup

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 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
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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If you think it’s simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
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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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Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
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Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
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Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.
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I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.
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Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
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C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
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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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The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.
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Always think about how a piece of code should be used: good interfaces are the essence of good code.
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The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
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People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language.
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