Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.
From Bjarne Stroustrup
It is easy to study the rules of overloading and of templates without noticing that together they are one of the keys to elegant and efficient type-safe containers.
The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
Thus, the standard library will serve as both a tool and as a teacher.
Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
Defining OO as based on the use of class hierarchies and virtual functions is also practical in that it provides some guidance as to where OO is likely to be successful.
I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining.
People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language.
After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either.
However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
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