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Within C++, there is a much smaller and cleaner language struggling to get out.
— Bjarne Stroustrup The Design and Evolution of C++

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People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't.
— Bjarne Stroustrup

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There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.
— Bjarne Stroustrup

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For new features, people insist on LOUD explicit syntax. For established features, people want terse notation.
— Bjarne Stroustrup

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C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg.
— Bjarne Stroustrup

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