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However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.

Bjarne Stroustrup

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
Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.
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Language Perfect Salesman
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
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
I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining
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Language Programming Support
Defining OO as based on the use of class hierarchies and virtual functions is also practical in that it provides some guidance as to where OO is likely to be successful.
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Class Function Hirerachies Successful Use
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
Java isn’t platform independent; it is a platform
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Independent Java Platforms
Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.
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Language Person Professional Should
C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
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Garbage Language Littles
I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.
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Library Standard Tools
Too many managers and executives try to reduce programming to a low-level assembly-line activity. That’s inefficient, wasteful, costly in the long run, and inhumane to programmers.
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Insufficient Long Running Trying
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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Fall Inspiration Real
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
The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.
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Important Learning Simplicity
Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
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Design Forget Lost

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