Bjarne Stroustrup Quotes

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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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  Funny, Witty, Humorous

  Bjarne Stroustrup's FAQ: Did you really say that?, www.stroustrup.com.

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• If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.

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  Simple, Thinking, Misunderstood

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• The most fundamental problem in software development is complexity. There is only one basic way of dealing with complexity: divide and conquer

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  Fundamentals, Development, Way

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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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  Ideas, Helping, Clue

  Interview with Jason Pontin, www.technologyreview.com. January 1, 2007.

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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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  Technology, Wish, Stories

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• A program that has not been tested does not work.

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  Doe, Program, Tested

  Bjarne Stroustrup (1991). “C Plus Plus Programming Language”, Addison-Wesley / Helix Books

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• The first law of computer science: Every problem is solved by yet another indirection.

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  Law, Firsts, Computer

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• When done well, software is invisible.

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  Done, Invisible, Software

  "Inventor of C++ reflects on 25 years of the programming language". Interview with Micahel Calore, www.wired.co.uk. October 15, 2010.

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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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  Learning, Simplicity, Important

  Bjarne Stroustrup (2000). “The C++ Programming Language”, Addison-Wesley Professional

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• It's easy to win forgiveness for being wrong; being right is what gets you into real trouble.

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  Pain, Real, Winning

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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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  Perfect, Language, Salesman

  "C++ 0x - An Overview at University of Waterloo Computer Science Club".

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• Proof by analogy is fraud.

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  Analogies, Proof, Fraud

  Bjarne Stroustrup (2000). “The C++ Programming Language”, Addison-Wesley Professional

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• C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage

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  Littles, Garbage, Language

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• Java isn't platform independent; it is a platform

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  Independent, Java, Platforms

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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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  Organization, Able, Treats

  "The C++ Programming Language". Book by Bjarne Stroustrup, October 1985.

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• "Legacy code" often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling.

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  Legacy, Alternatives, Code

  "Porting to the Symbian Platform: Open Mobile Development in C/C++". Book by Mark Wilcox, 2009.

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• There is no one "root of all evil" in software development. Design is hard in many ways. People tend to underestimate the intellectual and practical difficulties involved in building a significant system involving software. It is not and will not be reduced to a simple mechanical "assembly line" process. Creativity, engineering principles, and evolutionary change are needed to create a satisfactory large system.

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  Creativity, Simple, Engineering

  "Masterminds of Programming Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages". Book by Shane Warden, Federico Biancuzzi, March 2009.

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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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  Civilization, Degrees, Fields

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• The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.

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  Reading, Book, Thought Provoking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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. For this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous.

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  Thinking, Errors, Connections

  Bjarne Stroustrup (2013). “The C++ Programming Language”, p.13, Addison-Wesley

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• Any verbose and tedious solution is error-prone because programmers get bored.

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  Errors, Bored, Programmers

  Bjarne Stroustrup (1991). “C Plus Plus Programming Language”, Addison-Wesley / Helix Books

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• Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.

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  Design, Forget, Lost

  Bjarne Stroustrup (2000). “The C++ Programming Language”, Addison-Wesley Professional

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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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  Technology, Arrogant, Benefits

  Bjarne Stroustrup (2000). “The C++ Programming Language”, Addison-Wesley Professional

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• Destructors for virtual base classes are executed in the reverse order of their appearance in a depth-first left-to-right traversal of the directed acyclic graph of base classes.

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  Order, Class, Depth

  Bjarne Stroustrup (1991). “C Plus Plus Programming Language”, Addison-Wesley / Helix Books

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• And no, I'm not a walking C++ dictionary. I do not keep every technical detail in my head at all times. If I did that, I would be a much poorer programmer. I do keep the main points straight in my head most of the time, and I do know where to find the details when I need them.

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  Details, Would Be, Needs

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