Grady Booch Quotes & Sayings

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

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

#3. UML is not dessert topping and floor wax.

#4. 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.

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

#6. The amateur software engineer is always in search of magic.

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

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

#9. Ah, but who do you think created the chaos?

#10. Hierarchy is a kind of order of abstractions.

Grady Booch Quotes