I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPI would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPC makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off.
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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP“Legacy code” often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPI assume that a sufficiently skilled will be able to do anything not explicitly forbidden by the hardware.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPAn organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPTo many managers, getting rid of the arrogant, undisciplined, over-paid, technology-obsessed, improperly-dressed etc. programmers would appear to be a significant added benefit
BJARNE STROUSTRUPThere’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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPDesign and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPFor this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPPeople 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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPJava isn’t platform independent; it is a platform
BJARNE STROUSTRUPNobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPOur civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields
BJARNE STROUSTRUPCertainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPProof by analogy is fraud.
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