Programs should be written and polished until they acquire publication quality.

C++ is an insult to the human brain

Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster.

A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do.

Nevertheless, I consider OOP as an aspect of programming in the large; that is, as an aspect that logically follows programming in the small and requires sound knowledge of procedural programming.

Reliable and transparent programs are usually not in the interest of the designer.

In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever.