Destructors for virtual base classes are executed in the reverse order of their appearance in a depth-first left-to-right traversal of the directed acyclic graph of base classes.

I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.

However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.

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

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.

Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naive or a salesman.

First, I'd like to see the basic tools such as compilers, debuggers, profilers, database interfaces, GUI builders, CAD tools, and so forth fully support the ISO standard.