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Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++, is often quoted with this statement: "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses."

I suppose, scathing criticism in that respect is the highest form of praise.



Off topic but I attended a talk by Stroustrup on C++ and one of my favourite parts was when he was asked what his thoughts were on Java or C#.

“I don’t like to talk badly about C++ applications.”

If not strictly true nowadays it was still funny.


If you’re not making anybody angry, you’re not doing anything important.


But making people angry doesn't imply that you're doing something important though.


Well yeah, it’s necessary but not sufficient. ;)




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