The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.

With the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings to those be clean, well documented, and simple to use.

Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.

Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields

The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.

This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.

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.