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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPFirst, 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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The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
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Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
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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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If you think it’s simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
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When done well, software is invisible.
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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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It is easy to study the rules of overloading and of templates without noticing that together they are one of the keys to elegant and efficient type-safe containers.
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However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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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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“Legacy code” often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling.
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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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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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People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language.
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Most of the programmers in ten years will be us, and we won’t get much smarter.
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Java isn’t platform independent; it is a platform
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