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.

I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.

Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.

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.

An organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.

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

It is my firm belief that all successful languages are grown and not merely designed from first principles