Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish computer scientist
Lived from: 1950 -
Category: Scientists
Born: 30 december 1950
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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.
The C++ Programming Language. p.713― Bjarne Stroustrup -
C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg.
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C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
FAQ: Did you really say that?― Bjarne Stroustrup -
Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
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Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.
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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 OO is likely to be successful.
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Far too often, software engineering is neither engineering nor about software. Bjarne Stroustrup's FAQ: Did you really say that?. Retrieved on 2011-04-11.
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First, 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.
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How to test? is a question that cannot be answered in general. When to test? however, does have a general answer: as early and as often as possible.
The C++ Programming Language. p. 712― Bjarne Stroustrup -
However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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It is easy to study the rules of overloading and of templates without noticing that together they are one of the keys to elegant and efficient type-safe containers.
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Legacy code often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling.
FAQ: What is legacy code?― Bjarne Stroustrup -
My list of basic tools is a partial answer to the question about what has changed: Over the past few years, large numbers of programmers have come to depend on elaborate tools to interface code with systems facilities.
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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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People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't.
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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.
The C++ Programming Language p.9― Bjarne Stroustrup -
There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful--many more.
Jason Pontin (November 28, 2006). The Problem with Programming (Interview with Bjarne Stroustrup). MIT Technology Review. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.― Bjarne Stroustrup -
There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses. Bjarne Stroustrup's FAQ: Did you really say that?. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
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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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With the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings to those be clean, well documented, and simple to use.
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