People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language.
Bjarne StroustrupAnybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.
Bjarne StroustrupIt is my firm belief that all successful languages are grown and not merely designed from first principles
Bjarne StroustrupAlways 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.
Bjarne Stroustrup