There are only two things wrong with C++: The initial concept and the implementation.

Eiffel borrows quite openly from several earlier programming languages and I am sure that if we had found a good language construct in C we would have used it as well.

The role of a trainer or consultant is to empower the customer, not to make himself indispensable

Constants are widely known for the detestable practice of changing their values; we should prepare ourselves against the consequences of such fickleness

C++ is the only current language making COBOL look good

I have always felt sympathy towards the biologists who accept to debate creationists. Now I also understand them better; one can fight opinions, not articles of faith.

There are only two things wrong with C++: The initial concept and the implementation.