You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time.

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.

Incorrect documentation is often worse than no documentation.

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

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

You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time.