Always think about how a piece of code should be used: good interfaces are the essence of good code. You can hide all kinds of clever and dirty code behind a good interface if you really need such code.
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 h… - Bjarne Stroustrup
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 h…
- Bjarne Stroustrup
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
C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off.
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… - Bjarne Stroustrup
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…
The most fundamental problem in software development is complexity. There is only one basic way of dealing with complexity: divide and conquer - Bjarne Stroustrup
The most fundamental problem in software development is complexity. There is only one basic way of dealing with complexity: divide and conquer
There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful - many more. - Bjarne Stroustrup
There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful - many more.
A program that has not been tested does not work. - Bjarne Stroustrup
A program that has not been tested does not work.
If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem. - Bjarne Stroustrup
If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
The first law of computer science: Every problem is solved by yet another indirection. - Bjarne Stroustrup
The first law of computer science: Every problem is solved by yet another indirection.
The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build. - Bjarne Stroustrup
The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.
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