Grady Booch quotes:

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  • The task of the software development team is to engineer the illusion of simplicity.

  • Multiple Inheritance is like a parachute. You don't often need it, but when you do, you really need it.

  • UML is not dessert topping and floor wax.

  • Ah, but who do you think created the chaos?

  • Hierarchy is a kind of order of abstractions.

  • The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.

  • C++ also supports the notion of friends: cooperative classes that are permitted to see each other's private parts.

  • In 2031, lawyers will be commonly a part of most development teams.

  • A fool with a tool is still a fool.

  • 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.

  • The amateur software engineer is always in search of magic.

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