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I assume that a sufficiently skilled will be able to do anything not explicitly forbidden by the hardware.

Bjarne Stroustrup

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
Java isn’t platform independent; it is a platform
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Independent Java Platforms
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
When done well, software is invisible.
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Done Invisible Software
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
[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
Most of the programmers in ten years will be us, and we won’t get much smarter.
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Mathematics Science Years
Creativity, engineering principles, and evolutionary change are needed to create a satisfactory large system.
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Creativity Engineering Evolutionary Satisfactory
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
Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
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Design Forget Lost
However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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Java Language Serious
C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
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Garbage Language Littles
Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields
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Civilization Degree Fields
Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
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Analyzing Looks Tools
For this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous.
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Dangerous Language Program Think
There is no one “root of all evil” in software development. Design is hard in many ways.
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Creativity Engineering Simple

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