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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.

Bjarne Stroustrup

The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
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Book Provoking Reading Though
First, I’d like to see the basic tools such as compilers, debuggers, profilers, database interfaces, GUI builders, CAD tools, and so forth fully support the ISO standard.
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Cad Support Tools
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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Details Find Head Need
Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
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Good Objects Program Very
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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Google Quality Thinking
[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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Outlet Practice Skills Unique
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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Stories Technology Wish
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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Believe Discussing People Simple
Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
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Analyzing Looks Tools
If you think it’s simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
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Misunderstood Simple Thinking
With 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.
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Important Language Simple Use
Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.
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Bored Errors Programmers
Creativity, engineering principles, and evolutionary change are needed to create a satisfactory large system.
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Creativity Engineering Evolutionary Satisfactory
Proof by analogy is fraud.
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Analogies Fraud Proof
Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.
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Problem Views Way
“Legacy code” often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling.
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Alternatives Code Legacy

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