The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPThe standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPYou can hide all kinds of clever and dirty code behind a good interface if you really need such code.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP[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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPPersonally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPNobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPSome software is actually pretty good, by any standard. Think of the Mars Rovers, Google, and the Human Genome Project. Now, that’s quality software!
BJARNE STROUSTRUPI find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining
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 STROUSTRUPHowever, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPI like doing research that has an impact. If I went to a company to make what they call ‘real money,’ I’d be just trying to make a system work as fast as possible to meet the product and serice deadlines.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPDestructors for virtual base classes are executed in the reverse order of their appearance in a depth-first left-to-right traversal of the directed acyclic graph of base classes.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPWith the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings to those be clean, well documented, and simple to use.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPThere are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful – many more.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPI assume that a sufficiently skilled will be able to do anything not explicitly forbidden by the hardware.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPOther programming languages constitute a mountain of ideas and inspiration-but it has to be mined carefully to avoid featurism and inconsistencies.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPClearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.
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