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.
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
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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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Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields
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Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.
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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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There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful – many more.
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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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Proof by analogy is fraud.
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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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Most of the programmers in ten years will be us, and we won’t get much smarter.
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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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C++ is designed to allow you to express ideas, but if you don’t have ideas or don’t have any clue about how to express them, C++ doesn’t offer much help.
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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.
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If you think it’s simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
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Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.
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Some software is actually pretty good, by any standard. Think of the Mars Rovers, Google, and the Human Genome Project. Now, that’s quality software!
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