Talk:C++

Scope of article
This article combines quotes about both C and C++, as did the section from the Programming languages article from which it was forked. This could probably be made clearer in the article's title and introduction. ~ Ningauble (talk) 15:49, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

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 * What you see is all you get.
 * Brian Kernighan


 * I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.
 * Alan Kay; cited in: Lubos Lunak (2006) "[blogs.kde.org/2006/08/30/why-c-sucks-part-5632 Why C++ sucks, part 5632]." blogs.kde.org. 30 August 2006. (no original source mentioned in the blog, so the source could have been Wikiquote itself.)


 * There are only two things wrong with C++: The initial concept and the implementation.
 * Bertrand Meyer


 * Fifty years of programming language research, and we end up with C++?
 * Richard O'Keefe


 * The evolution of languages: FORTRAN is a non-typed language. C is a weakly typed language. Ada is a strongly typed language. C++ is a strongly hyped language.
 * Ron Sercely


 * C provides a programmer with more than enough rope to hang himself. C++ provides a firing squad, blindfold and last cigarette.
 * dandelion in talk.origins (see here)