Language Quote by Darl McBride

Life is too long to know C++ well.

— Erik Naggum

C++ is a pile of crap.

— Theo de Raadt

Whereas smaller computer languages have features designed into them, C++ is unusual in having a whole swathe of functionality discovered, like a tract of…

— Verity Stob

C++ is a horrible language. It's made more horrible by the fact that a lot of substandard programmers use it, to the point where…

— Linus Torvalds

My favorite programming languages are Lisp and C. However, since around 1992 I have worked mainly on free software activism, which means I am…

— Richard Stallman

We were not out to win over the Lisp programmers; we were after the C++ programmers. We managed to drag a lot of them…

— Guy Steele

The greatest single programming language ever designed

— Alan Kay

I consider C++ the most significant technical hazard to the survival of your project and do so without apologies.

— Alistair Cockburn

We've been using C and C++ way too much - they're nice, but they're very close to the machine and what we wanted was…

— Miguel de Icaza

“Pascal (Object Pascal - Free Pascal) for real programmers, Delphi for Nerds... C/C++ for people who always wishes to do things like reinventing the…

— Rejie Roque

The problem with using C++ ... is that there's already a strong tendency in the language to require you to know everything before you…

— Larry Wall

Computer languages differ not so much in what they make possible, but in what they make easy.

— Larry Wall