"The complexity of C++ (even more complexity has been added in the new C++), and the resulting impact on productivity, is no longer justified. All the hoops that the C++ programmer had to jump through in order to use a C-compatible language make no sense anymore - they're just a waste of time and effort. Now, Go makes much more sense for the class of problems that C++ was originally intended to solve."

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Source : "Calling Go from Python via JSON-RPC". www.artima.com. August 27, 2011.

Bruce Eckel

#Class Quotes #Impact Quotes #Order Quotes

“A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.”
“The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.”
“That public men publish falsehoods Is nothing new. That America must accept Like the historical republics corruption and empire Has been known for years. Be angry at the sun for setting If these things anger you.”

Source : Robinson Jeffers, Tim Hunt (1988). “The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: 1938-1962”, p.24, Stanford University Press
“What I love about L.A. and Washington, D.C. is that they're almost the opposite of each other. L.A. is a very creative space while D.C. is a very cerebral space. So, they're the ying and the yang in my world. I like them both for their own reasons.”

Source : "Kal Penn–From Hollywood to the White House and back to the big screen". Interview with Kam Williams, www.philasun.com. November 6, 2011.
“If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.”
“Most people donâ€™t know how to appreciate the silence. They canâ€™t help talking.”
“I'd always wanted to do these types of things - pieces of magic I could put out not as illusions, but really doing it.”
“Where I once believed people were there to be used, I started thinking of other people first.”

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