Bjarne Stroustrup Quotes About Language

Quotes about: Language

• C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off.

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

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

• 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.

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Effort, Java, May

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• 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.

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Believe, Simple, People

  Jan. 27, 2004, www.imdb.com.

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

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Littles, Garbage, Language

• It is my firm belief that all successful languages are grown and not merely designed from first principles

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Learning, Successful, Principles

  Bjarne Stroustrup (1994). “The Design and Evolution of C++”, Addison-Wesley Professional

• More good code has been written in languages denounced as "bad'' than in languages proclaimed "wonderful'' - much more.

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Simplicity, Language, Wonderful

  Bjarne Stroustrup (1994). “The Design and Evolution of C++”, Addison-Wesley Professional

• However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Java, Serious, Language

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Support, Language, Programming

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful - many more.

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Beautiful, Being Beautiful, Awful

  "Bjarne Stroustrup: The Problem with Programming". Interview with Jason Pontin, www.technologyreview.com. January 01, 2007.

• 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.

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Thinking, Errors, Connections

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

• 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. Thus, I follow the literature on programming languages and the debates about programming languages primarily looking for ideas for solutions to problems my colleagues and I have encountered in real applications. Other programming languages constitute a mountain of ideas and inspiration-but it has to be mined carefully to avoid featurism and inconsistencies.

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Real, Fall, Inspiration

  Bjarne Stroustrup (1994). “The Design and Evolution of C++”, Addison-Wesley Professional

• Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Perfect, Language, Salesman

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

• Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only knew one language.

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Language, Should, Ifs

  "'The 5 Programming Languages You Need to Know' by Bjarne Stroustrup". Video, bigthink.com.

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