Bruce Eckel Professions : Author Born : July 8, 1957 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Bruce Eckel Perl is like vise grips. You can do anything with it but it is the wrong tool for every job. Bruce Eckel tools can-do jobs Life's better without braces. Bruce Eckel braces Life is short Bruce Eckel life-is-short python needs Python is executable pseudocode. Perl is executable line noise. Bruce Eckel lines python noise 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. Bruce Eckel impact class order If it's not tested, it's broken. Bruce Eckel tested broken ifs Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors