Bjarne Stroustrup Quotes
- C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg.
- 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…
- The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
- An organization that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.
- Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.
- More good code has been written in languages denounced as "bad'' than in languages proclaimed "wonderful'' - much more.
- The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.
- If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
- It is my firm belief that all successful languages are grown and not merely designed from first principles
- It's easy to win forgiveness for being wrong; being right is what gets you into real trouble.
- 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,…
- A program that has not been tested does not work.
- Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.
- C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
- Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.
- 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…
- Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem
- After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either
- I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries
- I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining