If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.

Some software is actually pretty good, by any standard. Think of the Mars Rovers, Google, and the Human Genome Project. Now, that's quality software!

C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage

Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.

It is easy to study the rules of overloading and of templates without noticing that together they are one of the keys to elegant and efficient type-safe containers.

I like doing research that has an impact. If I went to a company to make what they call 'real money,' I'd be just trying to make a system work as fast as possible to meet the product and serice deadlines.

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