Quotes by Bjarne Stroustrup
“The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.”— Bjarne Stroustrup
“The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it.”— Bjarne Stroustrup
“Within C++, there is a much smaller and cleaner language struggling to get out.”— Bjarne Stroustrup
“C++ is a general purpose programming language with a bias towards systems programming that is a better C.”— Bjarne Stroustrup
“There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.”— Bjarne Stroustrup
“Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either a fool or a salesman.”— Bjarne Stroustrup
“The first rule of program optimization: Don't do it. The second rule of program optimization (for experts only!): Don't do it yet.”— Bjarne Stroustrup
“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 use my telephone.”— 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