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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPHowever, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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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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There is no one “root of all evil” in software development. Design is hard in many ways.
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Java isn’t platform independent; it is a platform
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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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For this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous.
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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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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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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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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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Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.
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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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The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.
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Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
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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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Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
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