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.
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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Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.
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Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
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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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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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For this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous.
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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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I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.
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Proof by analogy is fraud.
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Java isn’t platform independent; it is a platform
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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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When done well, software is invisible.
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Always think about how a piece of code should be used: good interfaces are the essence of good 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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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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