Ability Quote by James Gosling

However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.

— Bjarne Stroustrup

I think it would be a tragic statement of the universe if Java was the last language that swept through.

— James Gosling

While Microsoft does not share all of Oracle's ambitions for Java, we agree that it is a very valuable tool for software developers.

— Bill Gates

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…

— James Gosling

Java development without a little heresy would be a dull place, and a dangerous one.

— Bruce Tate

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…

— Bjarne Stroustrup

What's kept Java from being used as widely as possible is there hasn't been an Open Source implementation of it that's gotten really widespread…

— Brian Behlendorf

Sun Microsystems had the right people to make Java into a first-class language, and I believe it was the Sun marketing people who rushed…

— Alan Kay

After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either

— Bjarne Stroustrup

Java isn't platform independent; it is a platform

— Bjarne Stroustrup

“The experience of writing something in Java and then trying to figure out—I myself have trouble installing Java on my computer—it's horrible.”

— Peter Seibel

(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…

— Bill Gates