Even if you aren't in doubt, consider the mental welfare of the person who has to maintain the code after you, and who will probably put parens in the wrong place.

Down that path lies madness. On the other hand, the road to hell is paved with melting snowballs.

The problem with using C++ ... is that there's already a strong tendency in the language to require you to know everything before you can do anything.

Computer languages differ not so much in what they make possible, but in what they make easy.

This job of playing God is a little too big for me. Nevertheless, someone has to do it, so I'll try my best to fake it.

The way I see it, if you declare something portable, you'll always be wrong, and if you declare it non-portable, you'll always be right.

You can never entirely stop being what you once were. That's why it's important to be the right person today, and not put it off till tomorrow.