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.
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.
More Bjarne Stroustrup Quotes
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If you think it’s simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
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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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Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.
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When done well, software is invisible.
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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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The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
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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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Creativity, engineering principles, and evolutionary change are needed to create a satisfactory large system.
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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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Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields
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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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I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining
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Corporate practices can be directly hostile to individuals with exceptional skills and initiative in technical matters. I consider such management of technical people cruel and wasteful.
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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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This evolution may compromise Java’s claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.
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