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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.

Bjarne Stroustrup

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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Connections Errors Thinking
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
Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
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Good Objects Program Very
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
Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.
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Language Person Professional Should
I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining
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Language Programming Support
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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Important Language Simple Use
Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
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Analyzing Looks Tools
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
I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.
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Library Standard Tools
When done well, software is invisible.
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Done Invisible Software
Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields
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Civilization Degree Fields
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
C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
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Garbage Language Littles
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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Clue Helping Ideas
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

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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