83 Quotes by Bjarne Stroustrup

To many managers, getting rid of the arrogant, undisciplined, over-paid, technology-obsessed, improperly-dressed etc. programmers would appear to be a significant added benefit

C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage

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

An organization that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.

The first law of computer science: Every problem is solved by yet another indirection.

There's an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone.

When done well, software is invisible.

C++ is designed to allow you to express ideas, but if you don't have ideas or don't have any clue about how to express them, C++ doesn't offer much help.

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg.