I assume that a sufficiently skilled will be able to do anything not explicitly forbidden by the hardware.
BJARNE STROUSTRUPThere are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful – many more.
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Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
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Java isn’t platform independent; it is a platform
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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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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.
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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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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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Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields
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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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Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.
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I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.
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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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The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
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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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Proof by analogy is fraud.
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Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.
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I 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.
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C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off.
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When done well, software is invisible.
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“Legacy code” often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling.
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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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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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C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
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An organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.
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However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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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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Corporate practices can be directly hostile to individuals with exceptional skills and initiative in technical matters. I consider such management of technical people cruel and wasteful.
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