--- title: "1 Real Goal Quotes By James Gosling" description: "1 Real Goal quotes by James Gosling. Plus more from James Gosling and more Real Goal sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/james-gosling-14872_goals_for-us-the-real-goal-is-to-make-it-so-th_2395614.jpg" --- > [For us, the real goal is to make it so that the software ecosystem is as healthy as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/for-us-the-real-goal-is-to-make-it-so-that-the-software-ecosystem-is/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/james-gosling-14872_goals_for-us-the-real-goal-is-to-make-it-so-th_2395614.jpg) ## More by James Gosling > [In the Java world, security is not viewed as an add-on a feature. It is a pervasive way of thinking. Those who forget to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/in-the-java-world-security-is-not-viewed-as-an-add-on-a-feature-it-is/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) > [One of the toughest things about life is making choices. I had a hard time saying 'no' to a bunch of other excellent possibilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/one-of-the-toughest-things-about-life-is-making-choices-i-had-a-hard/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) > [My impression is that a really, really high-order concern for the whole development community is interoperability and consistency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/my-impression-is-that-a-really-really-high-order-concern-for-the/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) > [An API that isn't comprehensible isn't usable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/an-api-that-isn-t-comprehensible-isn-t-usable/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) > [I've always felt that sort of in the abstract, open-source is the right thing to do for a lot of the kinds of things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/i-ve-always-felt-that-sort-of-in-the-abstract-open-source-is-the/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) > [So in a strong sense with Java it was a learning process for us - there was some tech learning - but the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/so-in-a-strong-sense-with-java-it-was-a-learning-process-for-us-there/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) > [Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/java-is-c-without-the-guns-knives-and-clubs/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) > [I think it would be a tragic statement of the universe if Java was the last language that swept through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/i-think-it-would-be-a-tragic-statement-of-the-universe-if-java-was/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) > [The NetBeans team tended to be focused on academic purity. Getting them to be a little more blue-collar was a challenge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/the-netbeans-team-tended-to-be-focused-on-academic-purity-getting/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) > [I like to bitch and moan about lawyers, but they often have actually good points.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/i-like-to-bitch-and-moan-about-lawyers-but-they-often-have-actually/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) > [The notion of having a fleet of autonomous ocean-going vehicles wandering the world collecting data is something out of fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/the-notion-of-having-a-fleet-of-autonomous-ocean-going-vehicles/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) > [Anytime someone builds a little application that runs on a cell phone, there's something that goes on the server.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/anytime-someone-builds-a-little-application-that-runs-on-a-cell-phone/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) > [If I were to pick a language to use today other than Java, it would be Scala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/if-i-were-to-pick-a-language-to-use-today-other-than-java-it-would-be/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) > [Java the language is almost irrelevant. It's the design of the Java Virtual Machine. And I've seen compilers for ML, compilers for Scheme, compilers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/java-the-language-is-almost-irrelevant-it-s-the-design-of-the-java/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) > [Simply put, when you have very large pieces of software, most of the tools look at the individual lines of code as text. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/simply-put-when-you-have-very-large-pieces-of-software-most-of-the/) [James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/real-goal/james-gosling/#itemlist", "name": "1 Real Goal Quotes By James Gosling", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For us, the real goal is to make it so that the software ecosystem is as healthy as possible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Gosling" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/for-us-the-real-goal-is-to-make-it-so-that-the-software-ecosystem-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/james-gosling-14872_goals_for-us-the-real-goal-is-to-make-it-so-th_2395614.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/james-gosling-14872_goals_for-us-the-real-goal-is-to-make-it-so-th_2395614.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/james-gosling-14872_goals_for-us-the-real-goal-is-to-make-it-so-th_2395614.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For us, the real goal is to make it so that the software ecosystem is as healthy as possible.” — James Gosling", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/real-goal/james-gosling/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/real-goal/james-gosling/", "name": "Real Goal Quotes by James Gosling", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/real-goal/james-gosling/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/james-gosling-14872_goals_for-us-the-real-goal-is-to-make-it-so-th_2395614.jpg" }, "description": "1 Real Goal quotes by James Gosling. 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