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Bjarne Stroustrup

C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
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Garbage Language Littles
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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Effort Java May
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
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
“Legacy code” often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling.
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Alternatives Code Legacy
Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
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Good Objects Program Very
Proof by analogy is fraud.
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Analogies Fraud Proof
Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
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Analyzing Looks Tools
The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
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Book Provoking Reading Though
Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.
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Bored Errors Programmers
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 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
You can hide all kinds of clever and dirty code behind a good interface if you really need such code.
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Code Good Interface Need Really
If you think it’s simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
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Misunderstood Simple Thinking
There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful – many more.
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Awful Beautiful Developed System

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