Grady Booch famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.
-- Grady Booch

#Simple #Computer #Programming
The amateur software engineer is always in search of magic.
-- Grady Booch

#Magic #Software
Ah, but who do you think created the chaos?
-- Grady Booch

#Thinking #Chaos
UML is not dessert topping and floor wax.
-- Grady Booch

#Dessert #Toppings
A fool with a tool is still a fool.
-- Grady Booch

#Tools #Fool #Stills
C++ also supports the notion of friends: cooperative classes that are permitted to see each other's private parts.
-- Grady Booch

#Class #Support #Notion
The task of the software development team is to engineer the illusion of simplicity.
-- Grady Booch

#Team #Simplicity #Tasks
In 2031, lawyers will be commonly a part of most development teams.
-- Grady Booch

#Team #Development #Lawyer
All of life is iterative. It goes back to the point I made earlier, which is you can't a priori know enough to even ask the right questions.
-- Grady Booch

#Life Is #Enough #Made
Multiple Inheritance is like a parachute. You don't often need it, but when you do, you really need it.
-- Grady Booch

#Needs #Inheritance #Multiple
Hierarchy is a kind of order of abstractions.
-- Grady Booch

#Order #Hierarchy #Kind

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