Quotes by Java I fear - as far as I can tell - that most undergraduate degrees in computer science these days are basically Java vocational training. Alan Kay java training degrees If the pros at Sun had had a chance to fix Java, the world would be a much more pleasant place. This is not secret knowledge. It's just secret to this pop culture. Alan Kay java secret world I fear - as far as I can tell - that most undergraduate degrees in computer science these days are basically Java vocational training. I've heard complaints from even mighty Stanford University with its illustrious faculty that basically the undergraduate computer science program is little more than Java certification. Alan Kay stanford-university java training I love coffee, I love tea, I love the Java Jive, and it loves me. Coffee and tea and the Java and me, A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup. Ben Oakland java coffee tea (In response to Java) Anybody who thinks a little 9,000-line program that's distributed free and can be cloned by anyone is going to affect anything we do at Microsoft has his head screwed on wrong. Bill Gates java microsoft thinking Java isn't platform independent; it is a platform Bjarne Stroustrup java platforms independent This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today. Bjarne Stroustrup java effort may After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either. Bjarne Stroustrup java design perfect However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious. Bjarne Stroustrup java serious language C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around. Dennis Ritchie java growing faster I'm just an observer of Java, and where Microsoft wants to go with C# is too early to tell. Dennis Ritchie java microsoft want C is declining somewhat in usage compared to C++, and maybe Java, but perhaps even more compared to higher-level scripting languages. It's still fairly strong for the basic system-type things. Dennis Ritchie java levels strong If Sun were to hand the management of Java over to a committee of monkeys, would it be more successful? Eric Sink java successful hands Travelers describe a tree in the island of Java whose pestiferous exhalations blight every tiny blade of grass within the compass of its shade. So it is with despotism. Giovanni Ruffini java islands tree Now, it's my belief that Python is a lot easier than to teach to students programming and teach them C or C++ or Java at the same time because all the details of the languages are so much harder. Other scripting languages really don't work very well there either. Guido van Rossum java details python Mark Hammond is working in this area, with Windows Scripting Host. It is definitely an area where Python fits almost perfectly. That's quite independent from Java, actually. Guido van Rossum java independent python Java is C++ without the guns, clubs and knives. James Gosling java knives gun I think it would be a tragic statement of the universe if Java was the last language that swept through. James Gosling java would-be thinking If I were to pick a language to use today other than Java, it would be Scala James Gosling java use would-be I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform. Miguel de Icaza java platforms problem 12»
