Java isn’t platform independent; it is a platform
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.
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I assume that a sufficiently skilled will be able to do anything not explicitly forbidden by the hardware.
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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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There is no one “root of all evil” in software development. Design is hard in many ways.
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However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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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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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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When done well, software is invisible.
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C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
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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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Creativity, engineering principles, and evolutionary change are needed to create a satisfactory large system.
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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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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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Destructors 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.
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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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