Quotes from book
The C++ Programming Language

The C++ Programming Language

The C++ Programming Language is a computer programming book first published in October 1985. It was the first book to describe the C++ programming language, written by the language's creator, Bjarne Stroustrup. In the absence of an official standard, the book served for several years as the de facto documentation for the evolving C++ language, until the release of the ISO/IEC 14882:1998: Programming Language C++ standard on 1 September 1998. As the standard further evolved with the standardization of language and library extensions and with the publication of technical corrigenda, later editions of the book were updated to incorporate the new changes.


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“A program that has not been tested does not work.”

[Stroustrup, Bjarne, The C++ Programming Language, 712]

Bjarne Stroustrup photo

“Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.”

[Stroustrup, Bjarne, The C++ Programming Language, 693]

Bjarne Stroustrup photo
Bjarne Stroustrup photo

“There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.”

Bjarne Stroustrup's FAQ: Did you really say that?, 2007-11-15 http://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html#really-say-that,
Source: The C++ Programming Language

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“Proof by analogy is fraud.”

[Stroustrup, Bjarne, The C++ Programming Language, 692]

Bjarne Stroustrup photo

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