Proof by analogy is fraud.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPProof by analogy is fraud.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPPeople 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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPSome software is actually pretty good, by any standard. Think of the Mars Rovers, Google, and the Human Genome Project. Now, that’s quality software!
BJARNE STROUSTRUPNobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP“Legacy code” often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPC++ 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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPI assume that a sufficiently skilled will be able to do anything not explicitly forbidden by the hardware.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPAlways think about how a piece of code should be used: good interfaces are the essence of good code.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPDesign and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
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.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPI like doing research that has an impact. If I went to a company to make what they call ‘real money,’ I’d be just trying to make a system work as fast as possible to meet the product and serice deadlines.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPAny verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPAn organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPHowever, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPClearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPDefining 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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