Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPAnybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.
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I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining
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The connection between the language in which we think/program and the problems and solutions we can imagine is very close.
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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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Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.
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If you think it’s simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
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Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
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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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“Legacy code” often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling.
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Java isn’t platform independent; it is a platform
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I 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.
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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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Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
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Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.
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There’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.
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The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
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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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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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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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The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.
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It is easy to study the rules of overloading and of templates without noticing that together they are one of the keys to elegant and efficient type-safe containers.
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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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Always think about how a piece of code should be used: good interfaces are the essence of good code.
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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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Other programming languages constitute a mountain of ideas and inspiration-but it has to be mined carefully to avoid featurism and inconsistencies.
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For this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous.
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You can hide all kinds of clever and dirty code behind a good interface if you really need such code.
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