Programmers Quotes

Java, the best argument for Smalltalk since C++. — Frank Winkler

Arguing that Java is better than C++ is like arguing that grasshoppers taste better than tree bark. — Thant Tessman

C++: Simula in wolf’s clothing. — Bjarne Stroustrup

C++ in Cantonese is pronounced “C ga ga”. Need I say more? — Mark Glewwe

One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.
— Robert Firth

I have stopped reading Stephen King novels. Now I just read C code instead. — Richard O'Keefe

C++ has its place in the history of programming languages. Just as Caligula has his place in the history of the Roman Empire.
— Robert Firth

C++ is an atrocity, the bletcherous scab of the computing world, responsible for more buffer overflows, more security breaches, more blue screens of death, more mysterious failures than any other computer language in the history of the planet Earth.
— Eric Lee Green

Historically, languages designed for other people to use have been bad: Cobol, PL/I, Pascal, Ada, C++. The good languages have been those that were designed for their own creators: C, Perl, Smalltalk, Lisp.
— Paul Graham

Arguing that Java is better than C++ is like arguing that grasshoppers taste better than tree bark. — Thant Tessman

If C++ has taught me one thing, it’s this: Just because the system is consistent doesn’t mean it’s not the work of Satan. — Andrew Plotkin

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

Being really good at C++ is like being really good at using rocks to sharpen sticks. — Thant Tessman

If you think C++ is not overly complicated, just what is a protected abstract virtual base pure virtual private destructor and when was the last time you needed one?
— Tom Cargill

In My Egotistical Opinion, most people’s C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt. — Blair P. Houghton

A system composed of 100,000 lines of C++ is not be sneezed at, but we don’t have that much trouble developing 100,000 lines of COBOL today. The real test of OOP will come when systems of 1 to 10 million lines of code are developed.
— Ed Yourdon