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

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

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

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 a….

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 h….

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 tod….

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 like….

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

Some software is actually pretty good, by any standard. Think of the Mars Rovers, Google, and the Human Genome Project. Now, that's quality software!.

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

I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining.

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

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

I assume that a sufficiently skilled will be able to do anything not explicitly forbidden by the hardware..

I do not think that safety should be bought at the cost of complicating the expression of good solutions to real-life problems..

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

I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries..

Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good..

Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem..

Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields.

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