Grady Booch Quotes

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

The amateur software engineer is always in search of magic.

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 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.

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

Hierarchy is a kind of order of abstractions.

UML is not dessert topping and floor wax.

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

Ah, but who do you think created the chaos?