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If you think it’s simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.

Bjarne Stroustrup

Most of the programmers in ten years will be us, and we won’t get much smarter.
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Mathematics Science Years
An organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.
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Able Organization Treat
For this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous.
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Dangerous Language Program Think
Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
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Good Objects Program Very
Always think about how a piece of code should be used: good interfaces are the essence of good code.
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Clever Dirty Thinking
I assume that a sufficiently skilled will be able to do anything not explicitly forbidden by the hardware.
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Able Assuming Forbidden
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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Connections Errors Thinking
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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Initiative Matters People Practice Wasteful
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
I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.
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Library Standard Tools
Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
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Analyzing Looks Tools
Proof by analogy is fraud.
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Analogies Fraud Proof
When done well, software is invisible.
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Done Invisible Software
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
However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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Java Language Serious
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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Clue Helping Ideas

If you think it’s simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.

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