Quote #13

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

More from Bjarne Stroustrup

  1. If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
  2. C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
  3. C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off.
  4. 'Legacy code' often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling.
  5. People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't.
  6. [Corporate programming] is often done to the point where the individual is completely submerged in corporate 'culture' with no outlet for u…
  7. I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to …
  8. There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.

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