The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPThere’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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[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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Other programming languages constitute a mountain of ideas and inspiration-but it has to be mined carefully to avoid featurism and inconsistencies.
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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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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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Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
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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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Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields
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Java isn’t platform independent; it is a platform
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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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Creativity, engineering principles, and evolutionary change are needed to create a satisfactory large system.
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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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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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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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The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.
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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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